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Boeing B-29-55-MO Superfortress (BF-385, s/n 44-86385), probably 97th Bomb Group (340th, 341st & 342d bomb squadrons), ca 1946-47.

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English: PictionID:41904748 - Title:B-29-55-MO - Catalog:16_002362 - Filename:16_002362.tif - Ray Wagner was Archivist at the San Diego Air and Space Museum for several years and is an author of several books on aviation --- ---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum.
Boeing B-29-55-MO Superfortress, (BF-385, s/n 44-86385), probably 97th Bomb Group (340th, 341st & 342d bomb squadrons), ca. 1946-47. The SAC (Strategic Air Command) deployed 60 B-29s to Europe/UK where they were stationed at RAF Marham, Waddington, Scampton and Lakenheath. 3 aircraft had vistited RAF Marham in Spring 1946. 6 B-29s - most likely the first B-29s in Germany - had deployed to Rhein-Main AB in Nov 1946. Also 9 B-29s were based at Giebelstadt AB, south of Würzburg, Germany in Nov 1947 for a thirty day training/goodwill tour. A few of this early B-29s were overall natural metal with Flat Black undersurfaces, and with Yellow or Red buzz numbers - such as BF-385 of the aircraft s/n 44-86385. [1]
Deutsch: Boeing B-29-55-MO Superfortress (BF-385, s/n 44-86385), vermutlich der 97th Bomb Group, 340th, 341st & 342nd bomb squadron, ca. 1946-47.
  • 1946/47 verlegte das Strategic Air Command (SAC) der USAAF 60 B-29 Superfortress nach Europa. Stationierungsorte waren die englischen Flugplätze RAF Marham, Waddington, Scampton and Lakenheath. -
  • 3 B-29 besuchten RAF Marham in Frühjahr 1946. -
  • 6 B-29 - sehr wahrscheinlich die ersten B-29 in Deutschland überhaupt - wurden im Nov. 1946 auf Rhein-Main AB bei Frankfurt untergebracht. -
  • Am 9. Juli 1947 verunglückte die (Bell-Atlanta) B-29-60-BA Superfortress, s/n 44-84074 während einer mißglückten Notlandung südlich der Landebahn, und ausserhalb des Flugplatzareals Giebelstadt. Die B-29 hat während ihres Notlandeanfluges aus West oder Ost die Böschungsoberkante des Geländeeinschnittes der Flugplatzbahn gestreift, und zerbrach in drei Teile. Das Flugzeug musste abgeschrieben werden, die Besatzung (8 Mann) hat glücklicherweise überlebt, Siehe auch Unfallbeschreibung eines Augenzeugen der USAAF mit Farbfotodokumenten auf https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/98579 . Die Eisenbahngleise wurden vom Bhf Gaukönigshofen von Osten her herangeführt, wobei die an der Unfallstelle gelegenen Schienen mit ihrem Einschnitt (im zweiten Foto gut sichtbar) in bereits nord-südlicher Richtung verliefen. Die Flugplatzbahn kreuzte wenig hundert Meter später die betonierte Start- & Landebahn schienengleich im rechten Winkel, und endete bis zum 8. Mai 1945 im nördlichen Sektor des Flugplatzes in einem 2-3 gleisigen Verschiebe- und Abstellbahnhof. Die amerikanische Besatzungsmacht bzw. USAAF/USAF und US Army hat nach dem 08.05.1945, soweit bekannt, diesen Abschnitt der Flugplatzbahn nicht mehr genutzt und abgebaut. -
  • Im Nov. 1947 wurden 9 dieser schweren 4-motorigen Langstreckenbomber in Giebelstadt AB bei Würzburg stationiert, im Rahmen einer Thirty day training/goodwill tour.
Mehrere B-29 der o .g. Staffeln waren unterseitig matt-schwarz gespritzt bzw. getarnt. Die Oberseiten der Bomber blieben ungetarnt in alu- bzw. naturmetall. Die buzz numbers, hier "BF-385" waren in roter Kennfarbe ausgeführt. Vereinzelt wurden die letzten vier Ziffern der Seriennummer, hier "6385" vergrößert, und in gelber oder weisser Farbe auf dem Bug der Flugzeuge angebracht, für eine bessere Identifikation der Maschinen durch die Flugfeldeinweiser. [1]
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  1. ↑ a b Figthing Colors USAF EUROPE VOL 2 1947-63 in Color by Robert Robinson, SQUADRON/SIGNAL PUBLICATIONS INC. CARROLTON, TEXAS 75011-5010, 1990, ISBN 0-89747-250-0 Seite/page 2 & 3

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