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4 years agoFri Jul 17 2020, 06:41pmMain Admin
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Boeing B-29-55-BW Superfortress 44-69667: Delivered to the USAAF 12 December 1944. Departed CONUS (CONtinental US) 14 January 1945 for PTO (Pacific Theater of Operations), arriving 23 January 1945 at North Field AAF, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands. Assigned to 39th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group. Named ?Snugglebunny?. Re-Assigned to 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, North Field AAF, Tinian.
The aircraft completed 65 missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations during WWII, then was declared "war weary", and returned to the United States before the end of 1945. Accident 16 February 1946 taxying at North Field, Guam. Repaired and returned to service. Re-Assigned to 343rd Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, Spokane AFB, Washington.
Substantially damaged 1 March 1951 on a mission to bomb the Kogungong-dong Bridge, over the Yalu River in North Korea. Attacked by 6-9 MiG-15s while hitting the bridge at Kogungong-dong, No. 1 & 3 engines knocked out, and the B-29 had to make an emergency landing at Daegu, South Korea.
"On the first day of March 1951 eighteen B-29s of 98th Bomber Wing were sent to strike the bridge near Chongju, but due to strong winter headwind they were devoid of fighter cover over the target. Instead they did rendezvous with a formation of MiG-15bis belonging to the 28th GvIAP, which transformed ten of the bombers into flying sieves. Three of these crashed and were destroyed while trying to perform an emergency landing at Daegu"
#44-696697 completed 47 missions in Korea. Airframe deemed to be beyond economic repair, and withdrawn from service. Returned to the US, and finally reclaimed as scrap and components at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 10 March 1954
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Level 3By coincidence I had just finished reading a couple of relevant model kit reviews when I saw your latest photos.
Airfix do an excellent sub-hunting Wellington in 1/72 scale for ?30+ and for those with money to burn Zoukei-Mura have produced a superb 1/32 kit of the Mitsubishi Ki-46-11's "twin" the Kawasaki Ki-45. This will set you back a mere ?144 or so !
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Taken at Volkel Holland. No 486 squadron flew over 11,000 sorties claimed 81 enemy aircraft, (including two Messerschmitt 262 jets) and destroyed 223? (or 241) V-1 "flying bombs", 323 motor vehicles, 14 railway engines and 16 ships. Pilots attached to the squadron won 22 DFCs,a DSO and six Mentioned in Dispatches. While mounted on Tempests 486 Sqn claimed 59.5 enemy aircraft shot down; first place for Tempest victories.
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AdminThe upload of these photos by the airforce museum has been great, especially for colourists like myself!
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