Boeing B-29 Superfortress

While attacking a bridge spanning the Yalu River between Andong and Sinuiju, North Korea, the aircraft was shot down by 15-20 MiG-15. With two engines on fire, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a mountainous region located south of Sinuiju. Two crew members were able to bail out and were rescued while 9 other occupants were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt George Aaron,
Sgt Louis H. Bergmann, †
Sgt Robert W. Bevans,
2nd Lt Elmer T. Bullock, †
Sgt Ralph Elsman Jr., †
S/Sgt John K. Gant, †
Lt Col Douglas H. Hatfield, †
M/Sgt Roberet W. Jones, †
Sgt George E. Millward, †
Cpt Richard H. Simpson, †
1st Lt James S. Wilson Jr. †

The B-29 was part of a three wing formation aimed at destroying railway bridges across the Yalu river at Sinuiju and Antung. This was a dangerous daylight mission that was so disastrous for the Air Force that on the following days the planes were painted black on the bottom and scheduled for safer night time raids. The aircraft was acting as the electronics countermeasure aircraft for that particular bombing mission. Its job was to confuse enemy ground radar through the use of electronic jamming equipment combined with the dropping of aluminum foil strips called chaff. It was in the slot (last) position of the 2nd group (of 3 groups) which put it in the middle of the 3 groups. There was some space between each group. This B-29 had some engine trouble (from age) causing it to slow down, so rather than force its own group to slow down it dropped from the last spot of the 2nd group back to become the lead plane of the next group (the 22nd Bomb Squadron). It was during this brief unfortunate window that the Russian piloted MiG-15's attacked, finding a lone B-29 all by itself between two groups. The aircraft was damaged by the MiG-15s. A fire erupted forcing seven crew members to bail out; they became PoWs. The remaining crew managed to extinguish the fire and nursed the aircraft back to Suwon AFB, South Korea. Badly damaged, the crew did not attempt to land but bailed out, leaving the aircraft to crash into a hill near Suwon, 10 miles S of Seoul.
Crew:
1st Lt Henry N. Anderson,
1st Lt Charles N. Banchiera,
Cpl Edward F. Clements,
Cpt Jack W. Frost,
Sgt Floyd T. Hobbs,
M/Sgt Owen M. King,
1st Lt Paul D. Lehman,
1st Lt Francis J. Liberatore,
1st Lt Charles W. Matt,
1st Lt Pierre E. Nys,
S/Sgt John L. O'Flynn,
Cpt Stanley N. Prewdzik
Cpl Thomas H. Protiva Jr.,
Sgt John B. Tutt.
Source:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.html

While attacking a bridge spanning the Yalu River between Andong and Sinuiju, North Korea, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet MiG-15. The engine number one caught fire and the aircraft crashed into the sea off Ryongampo. Few debris were found off shore but no trace of the 12 crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh M. Burch,
M/Sgt Albert B. Carlson,
1st Lt James J. Connolly,
Maj Anaclethe P. Decesare,
Cpt Raymundo Delgado,
S/Sgt Allen C. Dinger,
1st Lt Bobbie A. Goodwin,
S/Sgt Shields T. Henson,
S/Sgt George W. Higgins,
S/Sgt Fred S. KIrby Jr.,
Cpt Fred O. Rudat,
Cpt Melvin P. Winters.

While performing a night intruder mission over the Sinanju area, North Korea, the aircraft was hit by enemy fire. The crew was able to evacuate the target area and to return to Daegu Airport, but with two engines inoperative, the airplane crashed on landing and came to rest in flames. Four crew members were killed while eight others were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
Sgt Elberon G. Andrews, †
2nd Lt Oscar Bayer, †
Cpl Gregory S. Carroll,
1st Lt Edgar A. Ehrlich,
S/Sgt William Finnegan,
Sgt Donald B. Gordon, †
S/Sgt Theron D. Hampton, †
1st Lt Robert C. Lewis,
1st Lt Raymond Miller,
Cpt Marshall F. Perry,
Sgt Billie G. Thornburgh,
S/Sgt Otto C. Trackberger.

Crash landed in bad weather. A crew member was injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
T/Sgt James H. Ammons,
Cpt F. N. U. Aurigemma,
2nd Lt Paul E. Carter,
S/Sgt Robert P. Creamer,
Cpt Peter Dempsey,
Cpl Harry A. Grainger,
S/Sgt Richard E. Hood,
1st Lt Paul J. James Jr.,
1st Lt Wager J. Krarup,
T/Sgt Roy R. Reed,
S/Sgt Malcolm R. Willson.

One of the main landing gear failed on touchdown. The aircraft went out of control and came to rest in flames. All 14 crew members were rescued and some of them were injured while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.
Crew:
1st Lt Henry Anderson,
1st Lt Charles Banchiera,
Cpl Edward F. Clements,
Cpt Jack W. Frost,
Sgt Floyd T. Hobbs Jr.,
M/Sgt Owen M. King,
1st Lt Paul D. Lehman,
1st Lt Francis J. Liberatore,
1st Charles W. Matt,
1st Lt Pieere E. Nys,
S/Sgt John L. O'Flynn,
Cpt Stanley Prawdzik,
Cpl Thomas H. Protiva Jr.,
Sgt John B. Tutt.

While performing a routine training flight from March AFB, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and all 14 occupants were forced to abandon the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a desert area located 20 miles northeast of Desert Center. There were no injuries but the aircraft was destroyed.

The aircraft was apparently attacked by the pilot of a MiG-15 fighter over the Korean War front. With two engines inoperative, the pilot evacuated the combat area to return to Kadena AFB, Okinawa. While overflying the East China Sea, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea. No trace of the airplane nor the 12 crew members was ever found.
Crew:
Cpl Leland L. Buttler,
Cpl Robert P. Domaleski,
1st Lt Charles W. Harris,
Cpl Keith J. Harview,
Sgt Theodore J. Hoffman,
1st Lt Ray F. Jardine,
Col Payne Jennings Jr.,
Cpl Deloraine M. Kingsbury,
2nd Lt Kenneth L. Nosk,
S/Sgt Thomas W. Ritter,
1st Lt Leonard P. Vogt,
S/Sgt Merle E. White.

While performing a training flight, the aircraft suffered an engine failure and fire. All crew members bailed out and were rescued while the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located 2,5 miles east of Zamora.

While cruising at an altitude of 11,000 feet, the aircraft became uncontrollable. All crew members were able to bail out but one of them drowned on landing. The aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed.