ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98481
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| Date: | Friday 16 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 333rd CCTSqn /499th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-6426 |
| MSN: | 3560 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Great Bend AAF, Great Bend, Kansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Great Bend AAF, Kansas |
Boeing B-29-20-BW Superfortress 42-6426: Delivered to USAAF 5 May 1944. Assigned to 93rd Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group. Accident 17 January 1945 taxying at Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Repaired and returned to service. Re-Assigned to 333rd Combat Crew Training Squadron, 499th Bomb Group at Harvard AAF, Harvard, Nebraska.
Substantially damaged in an accident 16 March 1945 during taxying at Great Bend AAF, Great Band, Kansas. Not repaired, and instead withdrawn from service. To storage at Davis Monthan AFB, Tuscon, Arizona June 27, 1949
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Mar1945S.htm
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jan1945O.htm
4. http://usafunithistory.com/PDF/50-74/56%20FLYING%20TRAINING%20DET.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jul-2017 16:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2020 13:20 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
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