USAAF
20th AF
444th BG

Commander  Wilson
MIA  January 11, 1945
MACR  10878

History
(Mission 27) Twenty five of forty seven B-29's from the 58th BW dispatched from Calcutta attack two dry dock facilities at Singapore (Mission 27); and fifteen B-29's attack alternates on Penang Island and Mergui, Burma and various targets of opportunity. They claim 6-1-17 Japanese aircraft. Two B-29's are lost, B-29 42-24704 and this aircraft. Last seen over Mersing, Malay

Discovery
In late 1990s a group of divers found an intact B-29 in the Kuantan water, which turned out, may be the missing B-29 bomber 42-65226.

Aircraft that participated in Mission 27:
AIRCRAFT NICKNAME GROUP TARGET STATUS
42-24503 "Nippon Nipper II" 40BG Mergui Harbor, Burma
42-24579 "Eddie Allen" Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24582 "Little Clambert " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24587 "San Antonio Rose " Singapore Kings Drydock
42-24757 unnamed Penang, Malaya
42-63374 "Tabooma II " Singapore Kings Drydock
42-63394 unnamed Singapore Kings Drydock
42-63407 "Shoot, You're Faded " Singapore Kings Drydock
42-63455 "Genie" Singapore Kings Drydock
42-65233 "Superstitious Aloyisious" Mergui Harbor, Burma
42-24462 "Princess Eileen II" 444BG Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24580 "Undecided" Singapore Kings Drydock
42-24720 "Fu-Kemal-Tu" Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24732 "Hore-Zontal Dream" Singapore Floating Drydock
42-63375 "Her Majesty" Singapore Kings Drydock
42-63378 "Fubar" Aerodrome
42-63446 Trojan Spirit" Mergui Harbor, Burma
42-63451 "Black Jack II" Singapore Air Abort
42-63496 "Naughty Nancy" Singapore Floating Drydock
42-65202 "Satan's Angel" Jettisoned Air Abort
42-65226 unnamed Singapore MIA Last Seen Mersing
42-24463 unnamed 462BG Penang, Malaya
42-24475 Hoodlum House II " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24581 unnamed " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24800 unnamed " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24801 Phoney Express " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24838 unnamed " Penang, Malaya
42-63454 Thunderbird " Malaya
42-63472 unnamed " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-63502 Long John Silver " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-63540 unnamed " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-65230 unnamed " Mergui Harbor, Burma
42-24469 unnamed 468BG RR Tracks
42-24471 Chat'nooga Choo Choo " Singapore
42-24486 Windy City II " Penang, Malaya
42-24487 Bengal Lancer " Singapore Air Abort
42-24546 unnamed " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24678 Kickapoo Lou " Singapore Floating Drydock
42-24691 Fast Company " Oil Storage Area
42-24704 "Gear Box " Singapore Kings Drydock
42-24714 Robert J Wilson " Penang, Malaya
42-24734 Miss Lead " Floating Drydock
42-63417 Rushin Rotashun " Singapore Air Abort
42-63445 Craig Comet " Penang, Malaya
42-63464 Belle Ringer " Penang, Malaya

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