ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98468
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| Date: | Monday 22 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 40th BGp /44th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-65267 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bay of Bengal -
 Indian Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chakulia Airfield, Purbi Singhbhum district, State of Jharkhand, India |
Martin-Omaha B-29-25-MO Superfortress 42-65267: Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Delivered to the USAAF 18 December 1944. Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Chakulia, India. Departed CONUS (CONtinental US) for CBI (China-India-Burma Theater of Operations) 30 December 1944; arrived Chakulia, India 6 January 1945. Into service with 40th BG, 44th BS.
Written off (destroyed) when ditched into the Bay of Bengal on January 22, 1945 while on photo recce flight over Saigon, French Indochina. Of the crew of thirteen, two crew drowned, and eleven were rescued. The two crew members who were killed (drowned) were:
Albert Vlahovic - Radar Operator
Arthur H. Jordon - Photographer
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_3a.html
2. https://www.40thbombgroup.org/40thBGHonorRollrtf.htm
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jan1945O.htm
4. https://www.40thbombgroup.org/Archives/40thBG_Files/40th_Jan45.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2017 22:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2020 10:43 | shootski | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2020 19:17 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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