42-24784
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Safety history
- February 10, 1945Accident
While on an operation to the Nakajima Aircraft Factory in Ōta, the bomber collided with a second USAAF Boeing B-29 Superfortress registered 42-24815 that was carrying 11 crew members. Following the collision, both airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Takashima. All 23 crew members in both airplanes were killed. Crew: Col Birrell Walsh, Cpt Carmel McC. Slaughter Jr., 1st Lt Kenneth E. Swanson, 2nd Lt Dan E. Godsy, 2nd Lt Joseph F. Jarosz, 2nd Lt Herbert Weiner, S/Sgt Nick Carbo, S/Sgt Rob