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RB-29 #44-61727 “So Tired” Part 2 Page 2 of 2 Pages “Another Russian description of the events” |
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...around midnight in the night of July 3-4 1952 again Major Anatoly Karelin-flying this time the MiG-15bis Fagot "300"- blasted out of the sky the RB-29A BuNo 44-61727 of the 91st SRS with 37 and 23 mm shells. 11 out of the 13 crewmembers became POW, one was KIA and the remaining one is MIA.
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Above Right (1): Profile drawing of the MiG-15bis "300", the usual ride of Anatoly Karelin, and the aircraft he flew the night of 4 July 1952, when he shot down the RB-29A #44-61727 "So Tired".
Above Right (2): photo of Major Anatoly Karelin getting out of the cockpit of one of the MiG-15bis fighters he flew in Korea. Below (1): Profile drawing of the MiG-15bis "325", the one flown by Anatoly Karelin on the night of 10 June 1952, when he shot down 2 B-29As, #44-61967 and #44-62183 (28th BS/19th BW). This MiG had been the personal aircraft of another Russian ace, Yevgeny G. Pepelyayev (19 victories, 17 of them claimed while flying this aircraft). Below (2): List of victories of Major Anatoly Karelin |
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Captain Ivan V. Suchkov (176th GvIAP, 324th IAD), and show the victory scored by this pilot against a B-29 bomber of the FEAF on April 7 1951. |
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Technical specifications: * Maximum speed: 1,075 km/h. * Ceiling: 15,500 mts (51,000 ft) * Range: 1,860 kms (1,115 miles) Above data and illustrations courtesy of Diego Zampini |
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| “In further transcripts from Russian General Slyusarev, he reports to Moscow, 11 of the 13 crew members were eventually captured and interrogated by Soviet and Chinese forces. The Russians also reported that two members of the B-29 shot down on July 4th, 1952 (Albright and Mast) were killed. Of the names listed above SSgt Albright and SSgt Mast did not return home when the other 11 were repatriated at the end of the war and it seems that both the Soviet and American accounts match. Both of these men are listed as MIA but since the Soviets reported that they had been killed by name, their bodies must have been recovered at the crash site in Korea and buried nearby and should probably be shown as KIA BNR.
”I have found some conflicts, it seems that both Albright and Mast held the rank of A1C at the time of the mission but must have been posthumously promoted to SSgt and then TSgt. I have found transcripts that show all three ranks used. I also have not been able to find out what Albright's role on the aircraft was (gunner, radio, photo, etc.) If you have any more information on TSgt Albright, please let me know. I hope this information will be useful for you and your website.“ TSgt Kevin O'Neal Editor: Our sincere thanks to TSgt O’Neal for this input. Contact web site publisher via E-Mail Here, below, is a final look at RB-29 #44-61727. This picture was taken by Wayland Mayo, from RB-29 “Tiger Lil” while enroute on a combat mission to the North Korean area. The two aircraft were just departing the Japanese coast over the Sea of Japan. |
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RB-29 #1727 “So Tired”, and the variety of combat crews she carried into battle. End of this story — You may go to Cover Page — Editor’s Introduction — Table of Contents
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