45-21822

On January 29, 1952 at 12:00 AM, 45-21822 experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Yokosuka Kanto.

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

13 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 13 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, an engine caught fire and exploded. All 13 crew members decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a mountainous area located 7 km west of Yokosuka. The airplane was destroyed while all 13 crew members were found alive. Crew: Cpt Norman T. Abercrombie, 1st Lt Cecile C. Choato, Sgt Bruce H. Gilbert, 2nd Lt James Guinane, Cpt Raymond M. Lajeunesse, Cpt Julian C. Meadows, Sgt Jerry M. Murry, M/Sgt Clarence C. Price, Cpl Loyal Robinson, Sgt Franklin E. Rynot, Pfc Donald H. Thomas, Col Delmore P. Wood.

Aircraft reference details include registration 45-21822, MSN 13716, year of manufacture 1945.