Crash of a Boeing B-29B-45-BA Superfortress in Saipan: 10 killed

Date & Time: Aug 27, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-83899
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Floridablanca - Isley Field
Region:
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
Crashed on approach to Isley Field, Saipan, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. All ten crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Bernard P. Beine,
Sgt Ray M. C. Card,
2nd Lt Hartphey Haller,
1st Lt Lawrence C. Honeycutt Jr.,
1st Lt Robert R. Kindig,
Cpt Claude S. Lawson Jr.,
T/Sgt Orval Newton Myrick,
Sgt Howard Robinson,
Sgt Matthew M. Schemer,
S/Sgt Chester Skorupa.