ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196751
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| Date: | Thursday 24 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing YB-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 444th BGp /677th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-36962 |
| MSN: | 3333 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Great Bend AAF, Great Bend, Kansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Great Bend AAF, Kansas |
| Great Bend AAF, Kansas |
Boeing YB-29-BW Superfortress 41-36962: 9th of the 14 pre-production YB-29s built by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas. Assigned to 677th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, Great Bend, Kansas. On Sep 6, 1943 damaged in a ground accident due to mechanical failure at Great Bend AAF. Repaired and returned to service.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a forced landing due to in flight fire at Great Bend AAF, Kansas on February 24, 1944. No known fatalities or injuries. The pilot, Sherman W. Wilkins, survived the war, and died on July 31, 2005, the day before his 85th birthday.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Feb1944S.htm
3. http://usafunithistory.com/PDF/0600/677%20BOMB%20SQ.pdf
4. http://www.444thbg.org/wilkinssherman.htm
5. http://www.rshonor.org/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=1668
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2017 19:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Mar-2020 08:35 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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