ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98451
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| Date: | Sunday 1 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 468th BGp /792nd BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-6238 |
| MSN: | 3372 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kharagpur Airfield, West Bengal, India |
| AAF Base A-7, Pengshan, China |
B-29-1-BW 42-6238 Delivered to the USAAF 8 November 1943. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas for CBI (China-Burma-India Theater of Operations) on 15 April 1944. Assigned to 792nd Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 24 May 1944: converted to tanker.
On October 1, 1944 aircraft 42-6238, piloted by Captain Winkler of the 792nd Bomb Squadron crashed on a routine cargo mission to the Advance Base, under circumstances which left little doubt that all on board perished.The last radio contact was while over Myitkyina, Burma. The B-29 crashed into Mount Emei, Sichuan Province, China (at approximate Coordinates: 29°31′11″N 103°19′57″E). Aboard 42-6238 as passengers were Captain Thomas Maxwell, Medical Officer and T/Sgt. S.C. Spillers, Crew Chief of 42-6238.
The Crew of 7 (plus 3 passengers) were all KIA:
Capt. Eddie Winkler – Airplane Commander
1st Lt. Robert Purvis – Co Pilot
2nd Lt. John Geene – Flight Engineer
2nd Lt. Earl Thompson - Navigator
Maj. John Matthews – Passenger
Capt. Thomas Maxwell – Passenger
T/Sgt. Jack Raymond – Radar Operator
T/Sgt. Ward Clark – Crew
S/Sgt. Henry Eyerman – Crew
T/Sgt. Samuel Spillers, Jr. – Crew Chief
The fatal crash of 42-6328 was the second accident involving Capt Eddie Winkler: he had been previously involved in the crash of B-29 tanker 42-6356 "The Gusher" on August 26 1944. What remains that were found were buried in a cemetery in Chengdu. Two airmen were buried July 21, 1949 in Section E 74 at the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Oct1944O.htm
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
3. http://www.20thaf.org/groups/ac%20data/468th_AC.htm
4. http://flgrube1.tripod.com/id238.html .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2014 13:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2014 13:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2017 20:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2017 21:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 16:08 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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