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| Date: | Thursday 10 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29-1-A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 468th BGp /792nd BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-6243 |
| MSN: | 3377 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Peng Shan, Chengtu, China |
| Nagasaki, Japan |
Bell-Atlanta B-29-1-BA Superfortress 42-6243: First Atlanta built B-29A. Delivered to the USAAF 31 January 1944. Assigned to 468th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas. Damage in an accident 9 March 1944 due to mechanical failure while taxying at Tinker AAF, Oklahoma. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas for CBI (China-Burma-India Theater of Operations) 10 April 1944. Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 11 May 1944, and named "Roger The Lodger"
During the night of 10-11 August, 24 B-29's dispatched from the 58th BW based at Chengtu mount individual attacks against the Nagasaki urban area; three B-29’s attack targets of opportunity. (B-29's claim one Japanese fighter shot down - this is the first confirmed shoot-down by B-29's during the war).
India Combat Missions – 3
Hump Missions – 6
On August 10, 1944 Mission to bomb the Naval Base at Nagasaki, Japan. Due to mechanical failure (some sources state aircraft ran out of fuel), Major Brown and crew were forced to bail out.
Crew of 42-6243
Maj. H.R. Brown – Airplane Commander
1st Lt. J. Goeringer – Co-Pilot
1st Lt. A.C. Beach – Navigator
2nd Lt. W.E. Stern, Jr. – Bomb Aimer
F/O J.C. Martin – Flight Engineer
S/Sgt. J.S. Barto – Radio Operator
Sgt. R.B. Mogle – Radar Operator
S/Sgt. J.I. Chobot – Central Fire Control
S/Sgt. M.F. Plant – Lower Gunner
S/Sgt. B. Patterson – Rear Gunner
S/Sgt. D. Nebeker, Jr. - Tiger Gunner
All crew members were rescued in five days and returned to base at Chengtu, China.
There was significant confusion about where the aircraft was abandoned by its crew. Li (2015) suggested that this happened near the coastal city of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, which agreed with the USAAF accident record's region classification PAC-Pacific Ocean area.
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Aug1944O.htm
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
3. http://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4408.html
4. AAIR
5. Li, X. 2015. B-29 in China. Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China: Sichuan People's Publishing House. (in Chinese)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2013 19:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2015 16:44 | Gloug | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 07-Jun-2017 22:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Mar-2020 17:53 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 18-Apr-2022 16:41 | shootski | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 04-Nov-2023 10:21 | RDV | Updated |
| 17-Dec-2024 08:14 | RDV | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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