ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98590
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 October 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 19th BGp /28th BSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 42-65306 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kadena Air Base, Okinawa -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Martin-Omaha B-29-25-MO Superfortress 44-65306:Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Assigned to 52nd Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group, Re-Assigned to 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Andersen AFB, Guam. Deployed to Kadena AB, Okinawa for Korean War Operations. Named ‘The Outlaw’.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2 October 1951: According to Earl "Mac" McGill, the co-pilot on the B-29s final flight day, the aircraft had taken a hit from a Soviet MiG 15 cannon to the right outboard engine on a previous combat mission. The engine had been replaced, but several test flights thereafter were aborted due to failed run-up checks.
Just after take off from Kadena AB, Okinawa, flames came from the #1 engine. The left wing clipped a storage tank located on top of a slight hill at the air base. The plane smashed through a scrubby, sub-tropical forest, the nose gun mount and bomb sights broke off and were flung into the cockpit, the nose gear strut sheared and was driven into the cabin ceiling, and the fuselage broke in two. The crew was five men that day and all escaped injury. The crew members were:
Griffin, Joe - Tail Gunner
McGill, Mac -Pilot
Phillips, Paul - Central Fire Control
Sexton, Jim - Flight Engineer
Thompson, Don - Aircraft Commander
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1951/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29-25-mo-superfortress-in-kadena-afb/]
2. http://www.thekwe.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_damage.htm
3. Photo of nose art: http://amthor.org/19/mag26/Pages/26_07.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2017 21:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2020 19:49 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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