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Date: | Wednesday 19 January 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing YB-29 Superfortress |
Owner/operator: | 40th BGp /395th BSqn USAAF |
Registration: | 41-36956 |
MSN: | 3327 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Eglin Field AAF, Valpariso, Florida -
United States of America
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Eglin AAF, Florida (VPS/KVPS) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Boeing YB-29-BW Superfortress 41-39656: Third of the pre-production batch of thirteen YB-29s (41-36954 to 41-36967). assigned to 40th Bomb Group, Wright Field, Ohio for operation trials.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19 January 1944 when heavily damaged in ground accident at Eglin Field. Pilot was Jack H. Summers.
Sources:
1.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html 2.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jan1944S.htm 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_accidents_at_Eglin_Air_Force_Base#1940s 4. Mann, Robert A., "The B-29 Superfortress: A Comprehensive Registry of the Planes and Their Missions", McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, 2004, Library of Congress card number 2004016414, ISBN 978-0-7864-4458-8, page 11.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jul-2017 19:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
23-Mar-2020 09:01 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |