45-21814
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- November 10, 1950Accident
The aircraft was part of a formation of seven B-29 and had an escort of F4U Corsairs. While overflying the valley of the Yalu River at the border between China and North Korea, the heavy bomber was shot down by the pilot (Maj G. I. Kharkovskii) of a Soviet Air Force MiG-15 (139th GIAP) and crashed in a prairie located near Uiju, about 15 miles northeast of the Chinese city of Dandong. Four crew members were killed while eight others were rescued. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by