ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196749
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| Date: | Monday 8 November 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing YB-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 468th BGp /794th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-36959 |
| MSN: | 3330 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Smoky Hill AAF, Salina, Kansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas |
| Smoky Hill AAF |
Boeing YB-29-BW Superfortress 41-36959: sixth of the pre-production batch of thirteen YB-29s. Initially used as a GIA (Ground Instructional Airframe) at the Aircraft Mechanics Technical School, Basic Training Center #8, Amarillo AAF, Aramrillo, Texas.
Restored to service when assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Smoky Hill AAF, Salina, Kansas, named "Amarillo's Flying Solenoid".
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when heavily damaged in landing accident due to mechanical failure at Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas on Nov 6, 1943. According to a published source (see link #4):
"The first serious mechanical trouble with a B-29 in flight occurred on the night of November 8, 1943 when the crew of the B-29 assigned to the 794th Squadron was unable to get its landing gear down. After exhausting all possible expediencies, Colonel Engler ordered the ship in after a landing spot has been selected. Pilot, Major Robert S. Clinkscales brought the plane in for the first successful belly-landing of a B-29, without injury to personnel."
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Nov1943S.htm
3. http://usafunithistory.com/PDF/5-9/6%20RECONNAISSANCE%20SQ.pdf
4. http://www.468thbombgroup.org/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2017 19:19 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Mar-2020 19:41 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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