ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98432
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| Date: | Thursday 10 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 3026th BU USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-24482 |
| MSN: | 4343 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South Atlantic, 3.5 miles south-south-east of Natal -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil |
| Dakar, Senegar |
B-29-30-BW 42-24482: Delivered to the USAAF 24 May 1944. Assigned to the 3026th Base Unit, Merced AAF, California. Allocated to the CBI (China-Burma-India Theater of Operations) 1 August 1944
Destroyed in takeoff accident 3.5 miles South-South-East of Parnamirim Field, Natal, Brazil on 10 August, 1944. All nine crew on board killed:
1st Lt. Austin J Peek , pilot
2nd Lt. Willard R Heintzelman
2nd Lt. Leroy Judson
2nd Lt. Dale E Shillinger
T/Sgt. Harold R Brown
Sgt. Kurt F Seeler
Cpl. Anthony A Cobbino
Cpl. Walter R Newcomb
Cpl. David C Prendiz
The aircraft was en-route to join 58th Bomb Wing, at Chengtu, China (via Dakar, Senegal, Morocco, and Egypt).
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?Loc=mi&offset=8725 .
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
3. https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4408.html
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134120386
5. http://ww35.usafunithistory.com/PDF/3000/3026%20BASE%20UNIT.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2017 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2017 22:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2020 16:40 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Apr-2022 19:32 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
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