Kadena - Kadena

On April 28, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Kadena - Kadena experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Naha Okinawa.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a local training sortie out from Kadena AFB. After completing low-level maneuvers, the crew was trying to get height when, flying in clouds, the airplane struck a hill located 5 km southeast of Naha. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all ten crew members were killed. Crew (581st Air Resupply Group): Victor C. Marston 9.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-61677, MSN 11154, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 26.2162°, 127.6819°.