44-87742

On April 8, 1954 at 12:00 AM, 44-87742 experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Nagoya Chubu.

The flight was categorized as refuelling and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 45.5%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Nagoya-Komaki Airport, while on a refueling mission, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. Six crew members were able to bail out before the airplane crashed in a huge explosion about 25 km southwest of the airport. The five crewmen who remained in the aircraft were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-87742, MSN 12545, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.1723°, 136.9083°.