ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232904
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| Date: | Thursday 3 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-24873 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Shimonoseki Strait -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
(Mission 137 3 May 1945)
B-29 42-24873 (M-7), 28 BS 19 BG: 1Lt Robert Spencer's ship was hit by flak over the target and lost fuel. They ditched about 80 miles of shore. Six of the crew were MIA, while the surviving Crew members were picked up by submarine USS Scabbardfish then transferred to USS Picuda which debarking them at Tanapag Harbor.:
A/C: 1st Lt Robert Spencer O-408355-NC-56748190-(MIA)
Pilot: 2nd Lt Burl Wiley O-772623-TX-56135387-(MIA)
Nav: 2nd Lt Adolph Hechinger O-2057918-MI-56110367-(MIA)
Radar: 2nd Lt Sherwood Eriksson O-2069989-NJ-23665047-(MIA)
FE: T/Sgt Lynn Barnett 17010753-KS-56114732-(MIA)
RG: Sgt Alex Nomick 33899134-MD-56127061-(MIA)
Bombardier: 2nd Lt Dean H. Vezeau ASN-ST-FaG-(Rescued minor lacerations, exhaustion)
Radio: Sgt John Timothy Kimbell, Jr. 14183148-AL-FaG-(Rescued able bodied)
CFC: T/Sgt Edwin W. Ownby 18005169-TX-96728202-(Rescued able bodied)
LG: Sgt William H. Muchkivch 33708493-PA-FaG-(Rescued compound fracture lower left leg)
TG: Sgt Richard V. Marolewski ASN-ST-FaG-(Rescued able bodied)
Sources:
https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4505a.html
http://hotvetsmem.com
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2020 20:51 | drjones46 | Added |
| 11-Feb-2020 20:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Feb-2020 07:25 | drjones46 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
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