ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98460
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| Date: | Thursday 4 January 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 769th BSqn /462nd BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-65252 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Piardoba, 6,6 miles south of Bishnupur, West Bengal -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chengtu, China |
| Piardoba, West Bengal, India |
B-29A-20-MO Superfortress 42-65252: Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Delivered to the USAAF 30 November 1944. To the Ogden Air Depot, Utah. Departed 5 December 1944. Departed CONUS (CONtinental US) for CBI (China-Burma-India theatre of operations) 17 December 1944; arrived in India 29 December 1944.
Assigned to 769th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, Piardoba, West Bengal, India. Damaged during landing at Piardoba, India, 4 January 1945, possibly due to battle damage sustained in a raid. 42-65252 was one of fifty-seven B-29s that took part in that raid. The B-29 was dispatched from Chengtu, China, to attack an aircraft factory and urban areas at Omura with 91 tons of bombs. Thirteen bombers attacked secondary targets at Nanking, China, while 6 attacked targets of opportunity; they claim 4-6-10 Japanese aircraft shot down. One B-29 was lost in the raid
This aircraft lost hydraulics, circled the field for an hour to burn off fuel, and landed, during which the nose landing gear collapsed (see link #2 for photo - which wrongly locates the accident as "China"). Repaired and returned to service.
Transferred to Tinian, Saipan (20th Bomb Group): Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed June 5, 1945 at Tinian on return from a raid over Kobe, Japan
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_3a.html
2. https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/b-29/b-29-superfortress-in-china-january-1945-462-bomb-group-42-65252/
3. https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4501a.html
4. http://www.462ndbombgroup.org/Portals/0/Documents/462nd-Plane-list-master.pdf
5. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jan1945O.htm
6. http://b-29.org/americas-war/americas-war2.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2017 23:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2017 23:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2017 01:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2020 19:05 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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