44-69803

On February 28, 1952 at 12:00 AM, 44-69803 experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Kaesong North Hwanghae (<U+D669><U+D574><U+BD81><U+B3C4>).

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 41.7%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, the airplane suffered engine problems and one of them caught fire. Apparently, seven crew members were able to bail out and were later rescued while five others were killed when the heavy bomber crashed into the sea few km west of Kaesong. Crew: S/Sgt Thomas C. Baker, † Cpt Osborne T. Carlisle, † 1st Lt James W. Carney, A2C Willard M. Denn, † 1st Lt Carl G. Happ Jr., † Sgt James W. Hendricks, Sgt Theodore G. Lincoln, Cpt Joseph R. Manion, 1st Lt William R. Mowder, 2nd Lt Lawrence A. Nelson, † Sgt Lloyd D. Smith, S/Sgt Herbert Vonderkall.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-69803, MSN 10635, year of manufacture 1944.