ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83835
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| Date: | Friday 8 September 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 307th BWg /371st BSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 42-94072 |
| MSN: | 7479 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | East China Sea, 5 miles North of Okinawa -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan |
| Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Boeing B-29A-25-BN Superfortress 42-94072: Delivered to the USAAF 7 February 1945. Departed Mather AAF, Kansas for Marianas 26 April 1945. Assigned to 39th Bomb Group. Returned to CONUS (CONtinental US) 30 October 1945. Re-Assigned to 371st Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Group, MacDill AFB, Florida. Transferred to Kadena AB, Okinawa for Korean War Operations.
Written off (destroyed): On September 8, 1950, while returning from a bombing mission over Korea, this aircraft crashed into the East China Sea five miles north of Okinawa, killing eight crew members. The crew included:
Blalock, 1st Lt. Thomas E. - injured
Brine, S/Sgt. Donald Edward - KIA
Foshee, 1st Lt. Billy B. - not injured
Haynes, Captain, Nathan Jr. (pilot) - KIA
Jackson, 1st Lt. John Johnson - KIA
Kates, S/Sgt. Clarence Sears - KIA
Kennedy, M/Sgt. Jack Earl - KIA
O'Marrah, M/Sgt. William B. - injured
Stanley, Sgt. Otha Paul - KIA
Strieff, S/Sgt. Leon Charles - KIA
Wade, S/Sgt. Charles Clifton - KIA
Aircraft found off Okinawa in 200 feet of water, after an extensive SAR effort conducted. The above eight crew that were killed, were originally listed as "Missing in Action" (MIA) after the termination of the SAR effort, and were formally listed as presumed deceased (KIA- Killed In Action) on December 31, 1953.
Sources:
1. El Litoral 11 September 1950, p1
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html
3. http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/KoreaAccounting/korwald_all.pdf
4. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1950/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29a-25-bn-superfortress-off-kadena-afb-8-killed
5. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_damage.htm
6. http://39th.org/39th/docs/publications/39thaircraft-inv061905.pdf
7. https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=190512
8. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?Loc=ne&offset=550
9. https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=190572
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2015 20:10 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Source] |
| 21-Jun-2017 17:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2020 09:13 | Allach | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
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