USAF Serial Number Search Results

TAIL: 42-6255 ... 42-6304
Boeing B-29-5-BW Superfortress
MSN 3389/3438
6255 (468th BG, 792nd BS) crew bailed out due to engine 
fire near Lilibari, India May 1, 1944
6256 (462nd BG, 771st BS, "Ramp Tramp") forced down July 20, 1944 near Vladivostok and fell into Soviet hands.  MACR 7178
Later used as mother ship for underwing launching of 346P glider
a development of ex-German DFS 346 rocket-powered aircraft in 1948-49.
6257 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6258 reclamation completed Roswell, NM Aug 21, 1945
6259 delivered to USAAF at Salinas Field, Kansas Nov 30, 1943.  To Wright Field, OH  Dec 2, 1943.
Was first "Pullman" B-29 modified with long bomb bay doors and used for testing of "Thin Man" and "Fat Man"
inert test shapes at Muroc and later at Wendover.  Code name "Pullman" was later changed to "Silverplate".
Reclamation completed Ft Worth May 11, 1945
6260 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6261 (40th BG, 45th BS) lost over Hump Jun 16, 1944 while on mission to steel works at Yawata Kyoto, Japan.  
MACR 6010 and 6600.  All 11 crew killed.
6262 (444th BG, 678th BS, "Round Trip Ticket") shot down by Ki-45 (Nick) Dec 7, 1944, Mukden, Manchuria.  MACR 10041.
All 11 crew were killed.
6263 (462nd BG, 769th BS) ditched off Kurmitola, India Jul 8, 1944.  MACR 11300.  3 crew killed, 8 survived and were
rescued.
6264 (468th BG, 792nd BS) suffered AAA damage and crew bailed out off 
Chinese coast Aug 21, 1944.  MACR 11297
6265 reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6266 reclamation completed Maxwell Jul 2, 1946 as TB-29Q
6267 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6268 (40th BG, 44th BS) crashlanded due to engine failure
at Chakulia, India Sep 16, 1944.  Condemned survey 
Sep 17, 1944. 
6269 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6270 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6271 (468th BG, 792nd BS) crew bailed out near Loshan due to prop failure Jun 7, 1944.  MACR 6598
6272 returned to USA Jan 30, 1945
6273 (58th BW, 462nd BG, 769th BS, "Old-Bitch-U-Airy Bess") returned to USA Jan 1, 1945 as war
weary.  Reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6274 (468th BG, 794th BS) shot down over China Jul 29, 1944.  MACR 6946
6275 (468th BG, 794th BS) shot down by Ki-45 (Nick) near Chengshen, China while on a mission to the Showa
Steel Works at Anshan, Manchuria Jul 29, 1944.  3 crew killed, 8 crew bailed out and returned safely
to base.  Also listed as being damaged over Omura, Japan Nov 20, 1944.  Crew bailed out 10 mi from
base at Chakulia, China
6276 (40th BG, 45th BS) crashed due to fuel starvation in 
CBI Dec 19, 1944.  Condemned Dec 22, 1944
6277 (444th BG, 679th BS) in forced landing in India after ran out of fuel Jun 4, 1944.  All crew survived, but
aircraft was destroyed.
6278 (462nd BG, 770th BS) crashed in China Sea due to unknown cause while on mission to aircraft factor at 
Omura, Japahn Nov 21, 1944.  MACR 9973.  All 11 crew killed.
6279 (468th BG, 792nd BS) MIA Nov 21, 1944, Pacific.  MACR 9866.  Fate of crew unknown.
6280 (444th BG, 676th BS) crashed into mountain in China Oct 14, 1944, China.  MACR 9321.  All 11 crew killed.
6281 (40th BG, 45th BS) crashed and exploded at Fanghsein, China while returning from mission to aircraft
factory at Omura, Japan Oct 25, 1944.  All 11 crew bailed out but one died as he landed from wounds suffered
over the target.  10 crew survived and were rescued.
6282 (40th BG) ditched off Chittagong, India Jun 5, 1944.  
MACR 6602 and 5861
6283 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6284 reclamation completed Pyote AMC Sep 30, 1946
6285 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6286 (444th BG, 677th BS) crashed into Shsi-Ling (Snow Mountain) in China after ran out of fuel while
returning from mission to steel works at Yawata Kyoto, Jaoan Aug 20, 1944.  MACR 10590.  All 11 crew killed.
6287 reclamation completed Randolph Field Jul 17, 1945
6288 (40th BG) crashed on takeoff from Hsingching (A-1) for photo
mission Oct 22, 1944.  7 killed.
6289 (40th BG, 44th BS) in ground fire at Chakulia, IndiaJul 8, 1944
6290 (40th BG, 44th BS) collided on runway with B-29 42-65204 which was landing at Ankang Airfield Shaanxi, China
while returning from mission to aircraft factory at Omura, Japan Nov 21, 1944.  All crew survived, but
aircraft was destroyed.  Condemned crash landing Nov 23, 1944
6291 (40th BG, 395th BS) crashlanded at Midnapore, India
Jul 26, 1944
6292 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6293 crash landing at Neisiang, China Jun 16, 1944
6294 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6295 (40th BG, 45th BS) lost from unknown cause over Japan Oct 17, 1944.  MACR 9511.  Also MACR 9322.
40th BG webside has the plane shot up over Bangkok Nov 27, 1944 but made it back and never used again.
Another source had the plane surviving the war and reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6296 (444th BG, 678th BS) crashed and burned near Chharra
airfield, India May 15, 1944
6297 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6298 reclamation completed Pyote Dec 21, 1949
6299 (462nd BG) rammed by Ki-44 (Tojo) over Mukden, Manchuria Dec 7, 1944.  MACR 10125.  9 crew killed, 2 bailed out
and became POW.
6300 (444th BG, 677th BS) lost Nov 11, 1944, China on mission to Omura, Japan.  MACR 9688.
Last seen leaving formation on return from target with all engines running.
6301 (40th BG, 25th BS) radar error sent aircraft off course and crashed
in mountains near Kunlien, China Aug 20, 1944.  11 KIA.  MACR 7524
6302 (444th BG, 678th BS) force landed due to fuel starvation
at Bera, India Jul 15, 1944
6303 reclamation completed Davis Monthan Jun 27, 1949
6304 (40th BG, 395th BS) crashed in Bengal, India Jul 15, 1944.  
MACR 5860 and 6603

TAIL: 44-86277 ... 44-86315
Martin-Omaha B-29-45-MO Superfortress
86284 shot down by MiGs.  Date?  I also have this plane as going
to reclamation Jul 14, 1954 at McClellan AFB
86291 to the Martin Modification Center, Omaha, NB, for Code Silverplate conversion for the 
carriage of atomic weapons.  Converted to Silverplate Victor 91.  Assigned to 393rd Bomb Squadron, 
509th Composite Group.  Named "Necessary Evil"  Was camera ship on Hiroshima atomic bombing 
mission Aug 6, 1945.   Reported late 1946/early 1947 at Roswell Army AirForce Base, NM, as operational
To Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake in 1956, eventually scrapped.
86292 To the Martin Modification Center, Omaha, NB, for Code Silverplate conversion for the 
carriage of atomic weapons.  Converted to Silverplate Victor number 82, was *Enola Gay*, which 
dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945.  For many years was in storage at Paul Garber
facility at NASM, Washington DC.  Fuselage put on display at NASM for 50th
anniversary of Hiroshima bombing.  Has now been moved to and is fully assembled at
the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Washington-Dulles IAP.
86295 (307th BW, 372nd BS) damaged by MiGs and landed at K-14 Oct 23, 1951.
86308 converted to SB-29A
86313 (TB-29A, 875BS  498BG) while on a night navigation training flight from MacDill Field, Florida
to Chicago and back, flew into the Clingmans dome mountain (Alt. 6,643 feet), approx 200-400 below 
the crest. during thunderstorms and cloudy weather Jun 11/12, 1946 with the loss of 12 aircrew