Killed in a mid-air collision between his aircraft (Boeing B-29A-55-BN Superfortress with Tail # 44-61908) and (Martin-Omaha B-29-55-MO Superfortress with Tail # 4-86392) while flying in formation at about 15,000 feet. After a
turn to the right had been completed, aircraft #44-61908 collided with B-29A aircraft #44-86392. The #1 propeller of aircraft #44-86392 came in contact with the right wing and aileron of aircraft #44-61908 which caused it to go down and to the right in what appeared to be a spiral. The #1 propeller of aircraft #44-86392 was feathered and the plane returned to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa without further incident. Aircraft # 44-61908 went into an undercast and was never seen or heard again. A Search and Rescue mission was immediately launched and the location of the crash was listed as five miles off Bolo Point, Okinawa or ten miles North West of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, all crewmembers being killed in the crash. All remains recovered from the crash location were examined and extensive efforts made to segregate and effect individual identification, but it was not possible due to the circumstances of the crash and commingling of remains. The casualty date was 1 February 1952 and these remains were returned to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery for interment on 29 April 1952. Aircraft
Accident Report # 5202012 covers the loss of this aircraft and crew. Both aircraft and crews were assigned to 372nd Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), 307th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy), 2nd Air Force, Strategic Air Command (SAC), Kadena Air Base, Okinawa
Crew was:
Tail Gunner: Dugger, Robert B, Cpl, US Air Force
Navigator: Hoag, Eugene M, Capt, US Air Force
CFC Gunner: Lennox, Kenneth, Cpl, US Air Force
Flight Engineer: McCook, Wade, TSgt, US Air Force
Left Waist Gunner: Pitt, Jimmie W, Cpl, US Air Force
Right Waist Gunner: Sedler, Mark A, Cpl, US Air Force
Co-Pilot: Smith, Hal R, Capt, US Air Force
Radar Observer: Sundstrom, Roy A, Capt, US Air Force
Radio Operator: Supplee, George W Jr, Sgt, US Air Force
Bombardier: Tabor, Marvin T, Capt, US Air Force
Pilot: Tullius, Roy C, 2Lt, US Air Force
Aircraft Commander: Weeks, Charles B, 1Lt, US Air Force
Mother: Judith B Sedler
Birth 28 May 1905 in Kentucky
Death Mar 1975 in Jeffersonville,Indiana, USA
turn to the right had been completed, aircraft #44-61908 collided with B-29A aircraft #44-86392. The #1 propeller of aircraft #44-86392 came in contact with the right wing and aileron of aircraft #44-61908 which caused it to go down and to the right in what appeared to be a spiral. The #1 propeller of aircraft #44-86392 was feathered and the plane returned to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa without further incident. Aircraft # 44-61908 went into an undercast and was never seen or heard again. A Search and Rescue mission was immediately launched and the location of the crash was listed as five miles off Bolo Point, Okinawa or ten miles North West of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, all crewmembers being killed in the crash. All remains recovered from the crash location were examined and extensive efforts made to segregate and effect individual identification, but it was not possible due to the circumstances of the crash and commingling of remains. The casualty date was 1 February 1952 and these remains were returned to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery for interment on 29 April 1952. Aircraft
Accident Report # 5202012 covers the loss of this aircraft and crew. Both aircraft and crews were assigned to 372nd Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), 307th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy), 2nd Air Force, Strategic Air Command (SAC), Kadena Air Base, Okinawa
Crew was:
Tail Gunner: Dugger, Robert B, Cpl, US Air Force
Navigator: Hoag, Eugene M, Capt, US Air Force
CFC Gunner: Lennox, Kenneth, Cpl, US Air Force
Flight Engineer: McCook, Wade, TSgt, US Air Force
Left Waist Gunner: Pitt, Jimmie W, Cpl, US Air Force
Right Waist Gunner: Sedler, Mark A, Cpl, US Air Force
Co-Pilot: Smith, Hal R, Capt, US Air Force
Radar Observer: Sundstrom, Roy A, Capt, US Air Force
Radio Operator: Supplee, George W Jr, Sgt, US Air Force
Bombardier: Tabor, Marvin T, Capt, US Air Force
Pilot: Tullius, Roy C, 2Lt, US Air Force
Aircraft Commander: Weeks, Charles B, 1Lt, US Air Force
Mother: Judith B Sedler
Birth 28 May 1905 in Kentucky
Death Mar 1975 in Jeffersonville,Indiana, USA
Killed in a mid-air collision between his aircraft (Boeing B-29A-55-BN Superfortress with Tail # 44-61908) and (Martin-Omaha B-29-55-MO Superfortress with Tail # 4-86392) while flying in formation at about 15,000 feet. After a
turn to the right had been completed, aircraft #44-61908 collided with B-29A aircraft #44-86392. The #1 propeller of aircraft #44-86392 came in contact with the right wing and aileron of aircraft #44-61908 which caused it to go down and to the right in what appeared to be a spiral. The #1 propeller of aircraft #44-86392 was feathered and the plane returned to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa without further incident. Aircraft # 44-61908 went into an undercast and was never seen or heard again. A Search and Rescue mission was immediately launched and the location of the crash was listed as five miles off Bolo Point, Okinawa or ten miles North West of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, all crewmembers being killed in the crash. All remains recovered from the crash location were examined and extensive efforts made to segregate and effect individual identification, but it was not possible due to the circumstances of the crash and commingling of remains. The casualty date was 1 February 1952 and these remains were returned to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery for interment on 29 April 1952. Aircraft
Accident Report # 5202012 covers the loss of this aircraft and crew. Both aircraft and crews were assigned to 372nd Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), 307th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy), 2nd Air Force, Strategic Air Command (SAC), Kadena Air Base, Okinawa
Crew was:
Tail Gunner: Dugger, Robert B, Cpl, US Air Force
Navigator: Hoag, Eugene M, Capt, US Air Force
CFC Gunner: Lennox, Kenneth, Cpl, US Air Force
Flight Engineer: McCook, Wade, TSgt, US Air Force
Left Waist Gunner: Pitt, Jimmie W, Cpl, US Air Force
Right Waist Gunner: Sedler, Mark A, Cpl, US Air Force
Co-Pilot: Smith, Hal R, Capt, US Air Force
Radar Observer: Sundstrom, Roy A, Capt, US Air Force
Radio Operator: Supplee, George W Jr, Sgt, US Air Force
Bombardier: Tabor, Marvin T, Capt, US Air Force
Pilot: Tullius, Roy C, 2Lt, US Air Force
Aircraft Commander: Weeks, Charles B, 1Lt, US Air Force
Mother: Judith B Sedler
Birth 28 May 1905 in Kentucky
Death Mar 1975 in Jeffersonville,Indiana, USA
turn to the right had been completed, aircraft #44-61908 collided with B-29A aircraft #44-86392. The #1 propeller of aircraft #44-86392 came in contact with the right wing and aileron of aircraft #44-61908 which caused it to go down and to the right in what appeared to be a spiral. The #1 propeller of aircraft #44-86392 was feathered and the plane returned to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa without further incident. Aircraft # 44-61908 went into an undercast and was never seen or heard again. A Search and Rescue mission was immediately launched and the location of the crash was listed as five miles off Bolo Point, Okinawa or ten miles North West of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, all crewmembers being killed in the crash. All remains recovered from the crash location were examined and extensive efforts made to segregate and effect individual identification, but it was not possible due to the circumstances of the crash and commingling of remains. The casualty date was 1 February 1952 and these remains were returned to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery for interment on 29 April 1952. Aircraft
Accident Report # 5202012 covers the loss of this aircraft and crew. Both aircraft and crews were assigned to 372nd Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), 307th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy), 2nd Air Force, Strategic Air Command (SAC), Kadena Air Base, Okinawa
Crew was:
Tail Gunner: Dugger, Robert B, Cpl, US Air Force
Navigator: Hoag, Eugene M, Capt, US Air Force
CFC Gunner: Lennox, Kenneth, Cpl, US Air Force
Flight Engineer: McCook, Wade, TSgt, US Air Force
Left Waist Gunner: Pitt, Jimmie W, Cpl, US Air Force
Right Waist Gunner: Sedler, Mark A, Cpl, US Air Force
Co-Pilot: Smith, Hal R, Capt, US Air Force
Radar Observer: Sundstrom, Roy A, Capt, US Air Force
Radio Operator: Supplee, George W Jr, Sgt, US Air Force
Bombardier: Tabor, Marvin T, Capt, US Air Force
Pilot: Tullius, Roy C, 2Lt, US Air Force
Aircraft Commander: Weeks, Charles B, 1Lt, US Air Force
Mother: Judith B Sedler
Birth 28 May 1905 in Kentucky
Death Mar 1975 in Jeffersonville,Indiana, USA
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