ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 99087
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| Date: | Saturday 29 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing YB-29-BW Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 770th BSqn /462nd BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-36967 |
| MSN: | 3338 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 miles north of Gorham, Kansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Walker AAF, Victoria, Kansas |
YB-29-BW 41-36967: 14th and final of the pre-production YB-29s built by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas. Delivered to the USAAF September 11, 1943. Assigned to the 770th BS, 462nd BG, at Walker AAF, Kansas. Written off when the crew bailed out after an engine fire 12 miles north of Gorham, Kansas, on Jan 29, 1944.
Pilot Col. Raymond K Childress was flying Service Test # 14 in YB-29-BW 41-36967 on January 29, 1944 near Walker Army Airfield and crash landed the B-29 after the loss of all 4 engines. He had the crew bail out and got her down alone. He landed on a hill top and slid between some oil well derricks and set crude oil storage tanks on fire. He ploughed a ditch some 330 feet long into the ground. He survived, and retired in 1970 after 30 years of active duty. He passed away on November 29, 2007 in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of 87.
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html
3. http://www.462ndbombgroup.org/Portals/0/Documents/462nd-Plane-list-master.pdf
4. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary.aspx?n=raymond-k-childress&pid=98896978
5. https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/raymond-k-childress/74399925
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2017 21:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2017 21:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2017 21:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2017 15:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 09:03 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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