CPL Keith Joseph Harview

Comments: Corporal Harview was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 93rd Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group. On March 29, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft lost two engines over the East China Sea, northwest of Okinawa. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 18, 1951. From Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.

DPAA: On March 29, 1951, a B-29 Superfortress (tail number 45-21749) with twelve crew members departed Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, on a bombing mission against bridges in Hamhung, North Korea. The B-29 was one of seventeen aircraft, and less than two hours into the mission, its pilot contacted Kadena and reported that the flight was approximately 250 miles northwest of Okinawa and that two of his aircraft's engines were failing. When the aircraft descended to 2,000 feet, its pilot reported that the crew would jettison the bombs to lighten the load and then attempt to return to base. This was the last transmission received from the aircraft. An extensive search was conducted for the missing aircraft and its crew but found no trace of them. Studies have since indicated that the TARZON guided bomb, which the aircraft was carrying at the time of its loss, at times automatically detonated when it was jettisoned from a low altitude. If this had occurred in the instance with this B-29, the aircraft likely would have been destroyed.

Son of Mrs. Maude Harview, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.