44-62011

On December 30, 1952 at 12:00 AM, 44-62011 experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Pyongyang Pyongyang (<U+D3C9><U+C591>).

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 58.3%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. Shot down by the pilots of Soviet AF MiG-15 and crashed about 40 km north of Pyongyang. It is believed that seven crew members were killed while five others became POW. Crew: 1st Lt Harold Copland, M/Sgt Patrick M. Differ, † 1st Lt Robert R. Foster, † 2nd Lt David T. Heer, † A1c Rudolf Nikles, † A2c Damian F. O'Toole, † 1st Lt Otho A. Orr, 1st Lt Harry M. Rehm, † A2c Daryl E. Rodney, † A2c Donald G. Swalls, A2c Leland H. Van Slyke, 1st Lt Paul I. Wilcox.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-62011, MSN 11488, year of manufacture 1944.