USAF Serial Number Search Results

44-87734 ... 44-87783 (EXACT MATCH)
Boeing B-29-90-BW Superfortress
MSN 12537/12586
87734 (19th BW, 93rd BS) missing between Okinawa and Korea Jan 23, 1952.
87735 crashed while attempting to land at Walker AFB near Roswell, NM
Dec 15, 1949.  7 of 12 onboard killed.
87741 (B-29MR) crashed on landing at Anderson AFB, Guam
Dec 17, 1953.  16 on board, 11 survived, but 8 on ground
also died.
87744 (WB-29, 58th WRS) crash landed at Moses Point, Alaska in
late 1951 due to two inflight engine failures.
87750	 RB-29A. 373rd RS, VLR, Weather. Detached to Kindley Field, Bermuda 1946. Named ‘Hurricane Hattie’. 
Crashed Nov 3, 1949 when landing after engine failure at Bermuda.  11 killed.
87752 To the Sacramento Air Material Center, Sacramento, CA, 1947 for Project DOM-515 Saddleback conversion for the carriage of atomic weapons
87753 converted to KB-29 and used for inflight refuelling trials
87756 converted to WB-29.  Crashed Apr 5, 1952, all 10 crew killed.  Based at 55th SRS at McClellan AFB, California.
87760 (92nd BG, 325th BS) transferred to 307th BG.  To reclamation
Aug 8, 1954, Tinker AFB.
87766 to USN as P2B-2S #84031
87769 (509th BG, 715th BS) suffered engine fire on takeoff from Tampa, FL during search mission for
ditched B-29 42-68289 Nov 18, 1949.  Crashed into marsh returning to field.  5 crew killed.
87770 (509th BG) converted to KB-29.  Crash landed May 15, 1949 at Marham, UK
87771 To the Sacramento Air Material Center, Sacramento, CA, 1947 for Project DOM-515 Saddleback conversion for the carriage of atomic weapons
87774  To the Sacramento Air Material Center, Sacramento, CA, 1947 for Project DOM-515 Saddleback conversion for the carriage of atomic weapons
87779 as KB-29B at China Lake.  Now on display at South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota.
87782 converted to KB-29M.  Crashed Mar 26, 1952 (43rd ARS, 43rd BG(M)), 
Davis Monthan AFB, AZ.  Cause of crash was failure of engines #3 and #4.
All 8 crew killed.