Date:	Friday 24 August 1951
Time:
Type:	Boeing B-29A Superfortress
Owner/operator:	307th BWg /372nd BSqn USAF
Registration:	44-86357
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	11 miles W of Sunan (between Sunan and Kowan-ni). -   North Korea
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Martin-Omaha B-29-50-MO Superfortress 44-86357: Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Assigned to 307th BW, 372nd BS, USAF, and deployed to Kadena AB, Okinawa for Korean War Operations. Damaged by AAA on a combat mission over North Korea, September 16, 1950.

Written off (destroyed) on combat operations: While flying over Sunchon, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire. The pilot was able to evacuate the combat area and flew west of the capital city when the situation on board forced all crew members to bail out and to abandon the aircraft, which crashed 11 miles West of Sunan (between Sunan and Kowan-ni). One crew member was killed, while 10 others survived to be taken POW. The aircraft was destroyed.

The crew members were:

Beale, 1st Lt. George W. - POW (repatriated)
Brown, Corporal. Glenn W. - POW (repatriated)
Brown, Corporal. Herbert D. - POW (repatriated)
Dean, S/Sgt. Burl D. - POW (repatriated)
Gibbens, 1st Lt. Edward M. - POW (repatriated)
Kennedy, Sgt. Jack D - POW (repatriated)
Mullins, M/Sgt. Charles L. - POW (repatriated)
Murray, 1st Lt. Jack Lewis - MIA - listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead (KIA) on February 28, 1954.
Ring, S/Sgt. Jesse C. - POW (repatriated)
Warner, 1st Lt. Robert L. - POW (repatriated)
Wright, 1st Lt. William J. - POW (repatriated)

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Jun-2017 21:49	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
15-Apr-2020 15:27	Reno Raines	Updated [Operator, Operator]