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    Airframe Family: Boeing B345 / B-29/B-50/P2B/F-13 Superfrotress / Tu-4
    Latest Model:B-29-50-BW Superfortress
    Last Military Serial:42-24784 USAAF
    Construction Number:4445
    Compressed ID:Boeing B-29-50-BW sn 42-24784 USAAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:483rd BS, 505th BG, North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-29-50-BW by Boeing at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    16 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-24784.

    Circa December 1944

    Transferred to 483rd BS, 505th BG, North Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands.
    Operated with markings: Slicks Chicks

    After December 1944


    Photographer: Richard M. McFarlane via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photo taken at Tinian Island.

    By February 1945

    Markings Applied: 92 United States Naval Construction Battalion

    10 February 1945

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Collided with B-29 42-24815, named 121st Seabees, in midair and crashed at Takashima Village Gunma, Japan, while on mission to Nakajima aircraft factory at Ota, Japan. MACR 12053. All 12 crew killed and all 11 crew of 24815 killed.
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