ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98605
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| Date: | Friday 6 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 873rd BSqn /498th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-93881 |
| MSN: | 7288 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Airfield B-2, Tinian Island -
 Northern Mariana Islands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USAAF Airfield B-2, North Field, Tinan, Northern Mariana Islands |
| USAAF Airfield B-2, North Field, Tinan, Northern Mariana Islands |
Boeing B-29A-10-BN Superfortress 42-93881: Delivered to the USAAF 23 October 1944. Assigned to the PTO (Pacific Theater of Operations), and assigned to the 498th BG, 873rd BS on arrival at North Field AAF, Tinan, Northen Mariana Islands.
Written off (destroyed) in a landing accident at North Field AAF, Tinan, Northern Mariana Islands: aircraft returning from a mission, low on fuel and two engines out, on April 6, 1945. No time to go around and landed at North Field, Tinian. Aircraft ground looped, went off the runway, and then over a cliff. #42-93881 was returning from "Mission 58": One hundred and one of 107 B-29's dispatched from the 73rd BW attack the Nakajima aircraft plant in Tokyo. 31 B-29's attack various targets and targets of last resort. AAF claims 80-23-50 Japanese aircraft shot down in combat. Five B-29's were lost. #42-93881 completely destroyed, crew survived OK.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Apr1945O.htm
3. http://b-29.org/73BW/bomb-wing-data/498-group.html .
4. https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4504a.html
5. http://www.exciteableitalian.com/497/PDF_documents/Lost_aircraft.pdf
6. http://ww35.usafunithistory.com/PDF/0800/873%20TACTICAL%20MISSILE%20SQ.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2017 18:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2017 18:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2020 13:14 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Jun-2022 05:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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