Date:	Monday 7 May 1951
Time:	21:45 LT
Type:	Boeing B-29A Superfortress
Owner/operator:	345th BSqn /98th BGp USAF
Registration:	44-86371
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	South West of Nanch'onjom, Pyongyang -   North Korea
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Boeing B-29-55-MO Superfortress 44-86371: Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Assigned to 345th Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, Spokane AFB, Washington. Assigned to Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan for Korean War Operations.

Written off (destroyed) on combat operations: Hit by AAA over Pyongyang on May 7, 1951, damaged Nos. 3 & 4 engines hit, which possibly caused explosion, and aircraft lost a wing. Four crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed, killing all nine other occupants. The four survivors became POWs

Crew of 44+86371 were:

Adler, 1st Lt. James M. - MIA
Bacon, Corporal. Raymond R. - MIA
Black, Lt. Col. Vance E. - taken POW
Chapman, Capt. Dewey L. - MIA
Chesnowsky, T/Sgt. Frank J. - MIA
Collins, 1st Lt. John S. - MIA
Erickson, S/Sgt. Lee E.
Hawes, 2nd Lt. Richard E.
Jones, S/Sgt. Richard M. - returned to military control
McTaggart, Will Jr. - returned to military control
Rice, Sgt. John A. - MIA
Smith, S/Sgt. Ellsworth E. - returned to military control
Stoll, Sgt. Edward J. - MIA

Lieutenant Colonel Vance Eugene Black, assigned to the headquarters of the 9th Air Force, was on a B-29 of the 98th Bomb Group that was shot down by enemy flak on 2 May 1951 over Pyongyang, North Korea. He died in captivity on or about 1 November 9951. His death was witnessed by 1st Lt Robert J. O'Shea, USMC. Lt. Col. Black died of burn injuries, mistreatment, and starvation at the infamous North Korean POW camp called "Pak's Palace".

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Jun-2017 23:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Jun-2017 23:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2021 16:22	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]