ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 85057
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 October 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 98th BWg /343rd BSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 44-87346 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Namsi Airfield, Sinuiju -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yokota AB, Fussa, Tama Area, Western Tokyo, Japan (RJTY) |
| USAF Base K-2, Daegu, South Korea (RKTN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Martin-Omaha B-29-50-MO Superfortress 44-87346: Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Delivered to USAAF 15 June 1945 to Wendover AAF, Utah. To the Martin Modification Center, Omaha, Nebraska, for "Code Silverplate" conversion for the carriage of atomic weapons. Converted to Victor number 94.
Flown 27 July 1945 from Wendover AAF to Kirtland AAF, New Mexico and loaded with a "Fat Man" atomic bomb assembly. Flown 28 July 1945 to Mather AAF, California and departed to Hawaii 29 July 1945. Arrived 2 August 1945 at North Field, Tinian, Marianas Islands. Assigned to 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group. Given 39th Bomb Group markings for security reasons.
Departed Tinian 9 August 1945 and returned to Wendover AAF, Utah to await orders to transport components of the third bomb. Flown November 1945 to Roswell AAF, New Mexico. Reported late 1946/early 1947 at Roswell Army Air Force Base, New Mexico, as operational. Named ‘Luke The Spook’
Flown to Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands as part of "Operation Crossroads" nuclear tests in the Pacific, April 1946 to August 1946. Re-Assigned to 97th Bomb Group, Biggs AFB, Texas June 1949. Modified to TB-29 at San Antonio Air Materiel Area, Kelly AFB, Texas April 1950. Assigned to 343rd Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, Spokane AFB, Washington.
Substantially damaged by MiGs Oct 24, 1951, on combat operations: recovered at Yokota AB.
Repaired and returned to service. Assigned to 10th Radar Calibration Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan (August 1952) Re-Assigned to 6023rd Radar Evaluation Flight, Yokota AB (March 1954), Johnson AB, Japan (May 1957), and Naha AB (November 1958),
Re-Assigned to 6431st Air Forces Base Group, Naha AB, Okinawa, Japan (December 1959). Re-Assigned to 51st Air Forces Base Group, Naha AB (July 1960), where it was dropped from inventory and scrapped.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_6.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2017 19:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2021 15:08 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
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