ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98484
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| Date: | Sunday 25 March 1945 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 444th BGp /678th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-65202 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Halliday Island, south east of Kolkata near the mouth of the Matla riv -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USAAF Base B-6, Piaradoba, India |
Martin-Omaha B-29-1-MO Superfortress 42-65202: Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Delivered to the USAAF 26 May 1944. Departed CONUS (CONtnentsal US) for CBI (China Burna India Theater of Operations) 2 July 1944, and issued to the 444th Bomb Group. Assigned to 676th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group: Named ‘Satan’s Angel’.
Written off (destroyed) when collided in midair with another B-29 (42-24507) on March 25, 1945 near Calcutta, India while on training flight and crashed into the Bay of Bengal. (MACR 13445). Nine crew killed. Other plane involved landed safely.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_3a.html
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Mar1945O.htm
3. http://www.444thbg.org/apps/auth/login?why=mpw&try=1&wp=1&next=676thsquadron.htm
4. https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-29/
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56772752
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2017 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2017 20:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2019 19:17 | Ajai | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Mar-2020 13:19 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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