ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98508
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| Date: | Saturday 19 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 484th BSqn /505th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-63484 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Field AAF, Tinian Island -
 Northern Mariana Islands
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | North Field AAF, Tinian Island |
Bell-Atlanta B-29-20-BA Superfortress 42-63484: Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia. Delivered to USAAF 13 November 1944. Assigned to the PTO (Pacific Theater of Operations). Named ‘Honorable TNT Wagon’ when assigned to the 505th Bomb Group, 484th Bomb Squadron at North Field AAF, Tinan, Northern Mariana Islands.
Written off (destroyed) in a takeoff accident at North Field AAF, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands due to engine failure on May 19, 1945. The B-29 was taking part in "Mission 178". Two hundred Seventy Two B-29's make an abortive raid on the Tachikawa Aircraft Company and bomb the city of Hamamatsu; 14 others hit targets of opportunity. Four B-29's were lost, inclding 42-63484. All eleven crew survived but aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_3a.html
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/May1945O.htm
3. http://usafunithistory.com/PDF/0400/484%20BOMB%20SQ.pdf
4. http://flgrube1.tripod.com/noseart/index.album/honorable-tnt-wagon?i=19&s=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jul-2017 19:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2020 09:42 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
| 06-Jun-2022 06:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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