Mid-air collision Accident Boeing B-29A Superfortress 44-61908,
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Date:Friday 1 February 1952
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B29 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-29A Superfortress
Owner/operator:307th BWg /372nd BSqn USAF
Registration: 44-61908
MSN: 11385
Fatalities:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 miles off Bolo Point, Okinawa -   Japan
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Attached to 307th Bmb Wg. Mid-air collision with 44-86392, crashed into the sea 5 miles off Bolo Point, Okinawa, SAR effort negative. All 12 occupants died in the crash.
Dugger, Cpl. Robert B. Jr. - tail gunner
Hoag, Capt. Eugene Maurice - navigator
Lennox, Cpl. Kenneth - CFC gunner
McCook, TSgt. Wade - flight engineer
Pitt, Cpl. Jimmie W. - left waist gunner
Sedler, Cpl. Mark A. - right waist gunner
Smith, Capt. Hal R. - co-pilot
Sundstrom, Capt. Roy Arnold - radar observer
Supplee, Sgt. George W. Jr. - radar operator
Tabor, Capt. Marvin T. - bombardier
Tullius, Lt. Roy C. - pilot
Weeks, Lt. Charles B. - aircraft commander

Sources:

1. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/
2. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_damage.htm
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.h]tml
4. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/airplane_crashes/b29_sea_of_japan_1952/p_b29_sea_of_japan.htm
5. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?Loc=mi&offset=22000

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2017 11:29 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
02-Sep-2017 20:34 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Apr-2020 10:11 Reno Raines Updated [Operator, Operator]

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