B-29 Superfortress bomber 'City of Pittsfield/Two Passes and a Crap' of 39th BG of US 61st BS about to sink after being ditched north of Guam, Mariana Islands, 15 May 1945; she was damaged by flak over Nagoya, Japan

Caption     B-29 Superfortress bomber 'City of Pittsfield/Two Passes and a Crap' of 39th BG of US 61st BS about to sink after being ditched north of Guam, Mariana Islands, 15 May 1945; she was damaged by flak over Nagoya, Japan ww2dbase
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
16 Feb 2010 06:40:33 PM

When B-29 “Two Passes and a Crap” (#44-69773) ditched, two crew members were killed but ten members took to rafts and were picked up the next day by Destroyer Escort USS Doherty (DE-14).

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