ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83944
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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 325th BSqn /92nd BGp USAF |
| Registration: | 44-69805 |
| MSN: | 10637 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sagami Bay, 55 miles south of Yokota AB, Fussa, Tokyo -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yokota AB, Fussa, Tama Area, Western Tokyo, Japan (RJTY) |
| Yokota AB, Fussa, Western Tokyo, (RJTY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Boeing B-29-65-BW Superfortress 44-69805: Delivered to the USAAF 3 February 1945. Named ‘Miss Bea Haven’. Assigned to 325th Bomb Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, Spokane AFB, Washington
On October 14, 1950, while on a bombing mission, the aircraft was damaged by anti-aircraft fire. Its engines caught fire and the crew was ordered to bail out. Later, the fire was extinguished and the order was cancelled, but not before S/Sgt. Bullman had bailed out. This aircraft was reclaimed at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma on August 08, 1954. The crew members included (incomplete listing):
Bullman, S/Sgt. Robert E. - He bailed out, landed in Sagami Bay, and drowned. His remains were recovered.
Cronin, Maj. William R. - pilot (not injured)
Horangic, 1st Lt. Nicholas P. (not injured)*
*In 1963 Horangic was one of three survivors of the crash of B-52 (57-0018) in the mountains of northern New Mexico.
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.h]tml
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1950Oct.htm
3. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_damage.htm
4. https://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_remembrance_search_6_2013.html?key=3785
5. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_personnel.htm
6. https://www.koreanwar.org/html/korwald/korwald_info_2887.htm
7. http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/KoreaAccounting/korwald_all.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2017 18:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2021 15:39 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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