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Description
B-29 Superfortress 73rd Bomber Wing / XXI BC - 499th Bomber Group.
Serial # 42-63447 - Tail Code V Square 50.
Planes name "Umbriago III - Dat's My Boy" A tag-line used by Jimmy Durante.
Reason for ditching - Out of fuel. (not known why it was out of fuel)
Ditched 90 miles NW of Saipan after bombing the Mitsubishi aircraft factory at Nagoya.
Photo taken by US Navy PBY-5A Catalina that rescued the survivors.
The aircraft remained afloat all night and was sunk the next day by naval fire.
Colourised by Paul Reynolds.
