ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98413
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| Date: | Friday 16 June 1944 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 468th BGp /793rd BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-93826 |
| MSN: | 7233 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wutu, Fujian, 200 miles from Chengtu -
 China
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | AAF Base A-7, Pengshan, China |
| AAF Base A-7 |
Boeing B-29A-5-BN Superfortress 42-93826: Delivered to USAAF 29 February 1944. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas for the CBI (China-Burma-India Theater of Operations) on 13 April 1944. Assigned to 468th Bomb Group, 793rd Bomb Squadron 3 May 1944.
Destroyed in combat operations when crashed into mountain at Wutu, 200 miles from Chengtu, China 15 June, 1944, while on mission to bomb steel works at Yawata, Kyoto, Japan. (MACR 6601). All 12 crew were KIA and buried by the Chinese. Crew of 42-93826 were:
1st Lt. Robert Mervin Pilchard – Airplane Commander – KIA
2nd Lt. Rai P. Sturges – Co-Pilot – KIA
2nd Lt. John T. Roberts – Navigator – KIA
2nd Lt. Donald R. Mortins – Bomb Aimer – KIA
2nd Lt. Jack R. Bevan – Flight Engineer – KIA
2nd Lt. H.B. Meyers – Radar Operator – KIA
S/Sgt. Delbert L. Grimes – Radio Operator – KIA
Cpl. Lambert A. Pfeiffer – Central Fire Controller – KIA
Sgt. Robert P. Sharples – Rear Gunner – KIA
Sgt. Ralph V. Ferracane – Left Gunner – KIA
S/Sgt. William F. Quirke – Tail Gunner – KIA
1st Lt. Henry Escher – Observer from XX Bomber Command – KIA
The bodies of the crew were returned from the People's Republic of China in 1950 and reburied in Ft. McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska.
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html
3. http://www.20thaf.org/groups/ac%20data/468th_AC.htm
4. http://aomorikuushuu.jpn.org/B29-42-93826.html [Japanese text]
5. https://www.fold3.com/image/46953389?ann=25118600-924d-11e4-0d21-2a213b5d563a
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2017 19:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 18:32 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 15:50 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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