Pohang - Pohang

On January 29, 1953 at 12:00 AM, Pohang - Pohang 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.

14 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 64.3%.

Crew on board: 14, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While on a night bombing mission, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet AF MiG-15 fighter and crashed about 20 km south of Pyongyang. Five crew members were rescued and became POW while nine others were killed. Crew: A2c Gerald D. Abrahamson, 1st Lt Gilbert L. Ashley Jr., † 1st Lt Dewey R. Henry, † A2c Hidemaro S. Ishida, Sgt Lee H. Miller, A2c James J. O'Meara Jr., † 1st Lt Arthur R. Olsen, † A2c James D. Pope, † A2c Edward A. Schwab, † 2nd Lt John P. Shaddick III, † A3c Frank J. Stevenson, 2nd Lt Dewey Stopa, † 1st Lt Harold P. Turner, † A2c Robert L. Weinbrandt.

Aircraft reference details include registration 42-65357.