ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98411
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| Date: | Thursday 15 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 444th BGp /677th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-6220 |
| MSN: | 3354 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USAAF Base A-3, Kwanghan Airfield, southeast of Guanghan, Sichuan -
 China
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | AAF Base A-3, Kwanghan Airfield |
Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress 42-6220: Delivered to the USAAF 13 December 1943. Substantially damaged 10 January 1944 in a landing accident and fire at Great Bend AAF, Kansas. Repaired and returned to service, and issued to the 444th BG, 677th BS
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on takeoff at USAAF Base A-3, Kwanghan Airfield, southeast of Guanghan, Sichuan, China (at approximate Coordinates: 30°56′52″N 104°19′47″E) on 15 June, 1944.
During the night of 15-16 June, in their first strategic-bombing attack against targets in in Japan, 47 of 68 B-29's dispatched from the 58th BW, staging through airdromes in around Chengtu, China, dropped a total of 221 tons of bombs on the Imperial Iron and Steel Works at Yawata, Kyushu, Japan. Nine B-29's attacked targets of opportunity. One B-29 was downed by anti-aircraft fire over Yawata and five B-29's were lost in operational accidents, including 42-6220. All 11 crew on board 42-6220 were killed, including:
O-861545 George A. Huser 1st Lt
18183283 J, R, Kiser Sgt
O-797561 Steve C Krupinski 1st Lt
O-739194 William P O'Brien, Jr 2nd Lt
N/A George H. Holzbaur Jr. side gunner survived accident
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jun1944O.htm
2. https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4406.html
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
4. http://www.444thbg.org/apps/auth/login?why=mpw&try=1&wp=1&next=677thsquadron.htm
5. https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Bombing%20of%20Yawata%20(June%201944)
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanghan_Airport#History
7. http://www.usaafdata.com/?q=node/150927
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2017 18:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 15:46 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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