42-24815

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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 42-24784 that was carrying 12 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: 1st Lt Owen O. Barnhart Jr., 1st Lt Hugh Donald Burner, 2nd Lt Harley H. Hazelwood, 2nd Lt Cornelius R. Kerns, 2nd Lt Donald Mac Auley Morrison, S/Sgt Norman Edward Smith, S

    Boeing B-29 Superfortress · 11 fatalities