MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
This aircraft was shot down on 1st November 1956 in aerial combat with Israel and fell into Lake Bardawil. Later it was lifted up by Israeli and exhibited at their air force flying school.
[COLOR=#252525][FONT=sans-serif]When the Korean War ended on 27 July 1953,
the B-29s had flown over 21,000 sorties, nearly 167,000 tons of bombs had been dropped,
and 34 B-29s had been lost in combat (16 to fighters, four to flak, and fourteen to other causes).
B-29 gunners had accounted for 34 Communist fighters (16 of these being MiG-15s)
probably destroyed another 17 (all MiG-15s) and damaged 11 (all MiG-15s).
Losses were less than 1 per 1000 sorties.
The bombers were also used as reconnaissance (RB-29), weather (WB-29),
and rescue aircraft (SB-29)[/FONT][/COLOR]