370th Bomb Squadron 307th Bomb Wing - USAF
Missing Crew
B-29 Aircrew over Namsi
On Thu, 26 Sep 1996
Updated: 3/08/99 by editor, from PMKOR database DPMO
MR SCOTT A SHAFER bgnx96a@prodigy.com wrote:
Trying to locate any references to my uncle, Carl West, who was a
gunner on a B-29 that was shot down near Korea in 1951 (1952?).
Unit(s) of assignment?? etc.
It happened on the 23rd of October 1951 to make a bombing run on an
airfield at NAMSI, North Korea. After being attacked by MIG's, the
pilot headed to fly over water to reduce risk of capture. At that point
the pilot gave the order to bail out.
On board that day were 13 men:
1. My uncle, Cpl Carl E. West
2. Pilot- Capt Shields
3. Capt. Smith (survivor)
4. Sgt Cross (survivor)
5. Cpl Stainbrook (survivor)
6. Capt. Emil B.A. Goldbeck (survivor and author of letter)
7. Lt. James Vretis
8. S/Sgt Joseph Dougherty
9. Lt. Col. Julius O'Neal
10-13. unknown
Appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks, Scott Shafer
Joseph Steven Dougherty
Updated: 3/08/99 by editor from PMKOR dataset
UNIT IDATE REPAT VEHICLE
370TH BOMB SQ 10/23/51 B-29
On Tue, 8 Apr 1997
Sharon Buzzard nee Dougherty wrote:
my father (usaf) was shot down (B-29) in late 1951 leaving a wife and
four children (ages 5,4,3,2).
I have had the opportunity to visit South Korea, in 1987 as a Fulbright Scholar and have just received a Korea Foundation Summer Fellowship to
return to ROK this summer (1997). I will send/communicate more info
should anyone be interested.
I have two email addresses ( work EAST_SDB@ACCESS.OHIO.GOV My personal
email address is sharondb@hotmail.com
