Subdeacon Joe Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/98590 Date: 02-OCT-1951 Time: day Type: Boeing B-29 Superfortress Owner/operator: 19th BGp /28th BSqn USAF (19th BGp /28th BSqn United States Air Force) Registration: 42-65306 C/n / msn: Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: Kadena Air Base, Okinawa - Japan Phase: Take off Nature: Military Departure airport: Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan Destination airport: Narrative:Martin-Omaha B-29-25-MO Superfortress 44-65306:Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Assigned to 52nd Bomb Squadron, 29th Bomb Group, Re-Assigned to 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Andersen AFB, Guam. Deployed to Kadena AB, Okinawa for Korean War Operations. Named ‘The Outlaw’. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2 October 1951: According to Earl "Mac" McGill, the co-pilot on the B-29s final flight day, the aircraft had taken a hit from a Soviet MiG 15 cannon to the right outboard engine on a previous combat mission. The engine had been replaced, but several test flights thereafter were aborted due to failed run-up checks. Just after take off from Kadena AB, Okinawa, flames came from the #1 engine. The left wing clipped a storage tank located on top of a slight hill at the air base. The plane smashed through a scrubby, sub-tropical forest, the nose gun mount and bomb sights broke off and were flung into the cockpit, the nose gear strut sheared and was driven into the cabin ceiling, and the fuselage broke in two. The crew was five men that day and all escaped injury. The crew members were: Griffin, Joe - Tail Gunner McGill, Mac -Pilot Phillips, Paul - Central Fire Control Sexton, Jim - Flight Engineer Thompson, Don - Aircraft Commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 not positive what made you post this one other than the obvious cowboy attraction , my 'other alias' on the internet is A square 10 , also a B29 - "our baby" that was based on saipan , 20th AF , 73rd bomb group , 473rd squadron , my father was in the left blister , got shot up a bit but this one came home and retired to the graveyard , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 13 minutes ago, watab kid said: not positive what made you post this one other than the obvious cowboy attraction Got it in one. Classic name, classic movie, classy lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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