ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98499
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| Date: | Thursday 3 May 1945 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 444th BGp /678th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-63557 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | West Field AAF, Tinian Island -
 Northern Mariana Islands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | West Field AAF, Northern Mariana Islands |
| West Field AAF |
Bell-Atlanta B-29-30-BA Superfortress 42-63557: Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia. Assigned to the CBI (China-India-Burma Theater of Operations). On arrival at Dudkundi, India, issued to 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group; transferred to West Field AAF, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, May 1945. Named ‘The Cajun Queen’. Named ‘110th N.C.B.’. Named ‘Missouri Belle’.
With 444th BG, 678th BS, when written off in a landing accident at West Field, Tinian, May 3, 1945. The B-29 was taking part in "Mission 133" as one Eighty-eight B-29's laying mines in the Shimonoseki Strait and the Inland Sea during the night of 3-4 May; 3 others mine other waters. All eleven crew survived. USAAF accident report says aircraft was destroyed, but 444th web site says the plane survived the war. Link #3 below shows 42-63557 with its crew posing on VJ Day (VJ = Victory Over Japan) which was Tuesday 15th August 1945. Returned to CONUS (CONtinental US) after 28 combat missions.
Re-Assigned to 30 Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Andersen AFB, Guam in June 1950 for Korean War Operations. Named ‘Sure Thing’. Reclaimed at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona 15 September 1954.
NOTE: There were at least TWO B-29s named "Cajun Queen". The first was 42-63557, as above. When it was damaged on May 3, 1945 as above, it was replaced by #44-69982, which took over the name.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_3a.html
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/May1945O.htm
3. http://www.444thbg.org/678thsquadron.htm
4. http://b29s.koreanwar-educator.org/b29sinthekoreanwar/0-b29MasterList.htm
5. http://bayoutechedispatches.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/my-oddball-collection-cajun-warplane.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jul-2017 18:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2020 09:47 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Jun-2022 06:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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