ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98514
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| Date: | Thursday 24 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 498th BGp /875th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-63445 |
| 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-29-15-BA Superfortress 42-63445: Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia. Delivered to the USAAF 1 October 1944. Departed CONUS (CONtinental US) for CBI (China-Burma-India-Theater of Operations) 25 November 1944. Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 3 December 1944. Named ‘The Craig Comet’
Re-Assigned by February 7, 1945 to 875th Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, at West Field AAF, Tinnan, Northern Mariana Islands.
Written off in a landing accident due to combat damage sustained on a mission to Tokyo on the night of May 23-24, 1945: aircraft crash landed at West Field, Tinian May 24, 1945. All 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://www.20thaf.org/groups/ac%20data/468th_AC.htm
4. http://b-29.org/73BW/bomb-wing-data/498-group.html
5. http://billiongraves.com/grave/Wendell-B-Thummel/14860284
Media:
"The Craig Comet" Bell-Atlanta B-29-15-BA Superfortress 42-63445 of the 794th Bomb Squadron 468th Bomb Wing, Kalaikunda AB, India December 1944:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2017 20:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2020 09:35 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Operator] |
| 06-Jun-2022 06:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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