Date:	Tuesday 30 August 1949
Time:
Type:	Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Owner/operator:	327th BSqn /92nd BGp USAF
Registration:	44-84028
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	4 miles north of Wellpinit, Stevens County, Washington -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fairchild AFB, Spokane, WA (KSA/KSKA)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Boeing B-29-55-BA Superfortress 44-84028: Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia. Delivered to the USAAF 10 July 1945. Assigned to 462nd Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, Kadena Field, Okinawa. Re-Assigned to 39th Bomb Group. Assigned to 327th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, Spokane AFB, Washington

Written off (destroyed) August 30, 1949: The crew was conducting a training sortie from Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington. En route, an engine failed, forcing the crew to abandon the aircraft and to bail out. Out of control, the heavy bomber crashed in a uninhabited area located 4 miles north of Wellpinit, Stevens County, Washington (at approximate Coordinates: 47°53′17″N 117°59′17″W). The co-pilot was killed while 13 other occupants were evacuated safely

1. El Tiempo 1 September 1949, page 8
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_6.htm]l
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbahb.asp?HB=wa&offset=4025
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellpinit,_Washington
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1949/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29-55-ba-superfortress-near-wellpinit-1-killed/]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
25-May-2009 03:40	angels one five	Updated
26-Jan-2014 18:28	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
02-Mar-2014 17:53	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
23-Jun-2017 19:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Jun-2017 19:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
06-Apr-2020 14:26	Reno Raines	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]