ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98439
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| Date: | Saturday 26 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 468th BGp /792nd BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-6356 |
| MSN: | 3490 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sikang, near Fulin, Changsha County, northeast Hunan Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | AAF Base A-7, Pengshan, China |
| Kharagpur, India |
B-29 42-6356: Delivered to the USAAF 23 February 1944. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas for CBI (China-Burma-India Theater of Operations) on 10 April 1944. Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 9 May 1944. Named ‘The Gusher’: Modified as a fuel tanker. Completed 20 Hump supply missions.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) suffered prop failure on return from fuel delivery and crew bailed out over Fulin, Changsha County, northeast Hunan Province, China (at approximate coordinates: 28°31′47″N 113°14′08″E) on 25 August, 1944 en-route from Pengshan, China to Kharagpur, India.
During their return they had a runaway prop, causing them to bail out near Sikang. All are reported safe at Fulin with 2 of the crew with minor injuries.
Capt. Winkler, F/O Thompson and S/Sgt. Stone returned to base in September 1944. The rest of the crew (three persons) were forced to remain in Fulin, China due to transportation difficulties.
Crew
Capt. Winkler – Airplane Commander
F/O Thompson
S/Sgt. Stone
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
2. http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzUsafSearch.pl?target=&content=B-29
3. http://www.20thaf.org/groups/ac%20data/468th_AC.htm
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2013 23:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 16:43 | SIS07 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Jun-2017 20:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 17:42 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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