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| Date: | Friday 1 February 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 307th BWg /372nd BSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 44-61908 |
| MSN: | 11385 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 miles off Bolo Point, Okinawa -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan |
Attached to 307th Bmb Wg. Mid-air collision with 44-86392, crashed into the sea 5 miles off Bolo Point, Okinawa, SAR effort negative. All 12 occupants died in the crash.
Dugger, Cpl. Robert B. Jr. - tail gunner
Hoag, Capt. Eugene Maurice - navigator
Lennox, Cpl. Kenneth - CFC gunner
McCook, TSgt. Wade - flight engineer
Pitt, Cpl. Jimmie W. - left waist gunner
Sedler, Cpl. Mark A. - right waist gunner
Smith, Capt. Hal R. - co-pilot
Sundstrom, Capt. Roy Arnold - radar observer
Supplee, Sgt. George W. Jr. - radar operator
Tabor, Capt. Marvin T. - bombardier
Tullius, Lt. Roy C. - pilot
Weeks, Lt. Charles B. - aircraft commander
Sources:
1. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
2. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_damage.htm
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.h]tml
4. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/airplane_crashes/b29_sea_of_japan_1952/p_b29_sea_of_japan.htm
5. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?Loc=mi&offset=22000
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2017 11:29 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Sep-2017 20:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Apr-2020 10:11 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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