Assigned to B-29-45-BW Superfortress serial #42-24681 "T-SQ-29" 874th Bomber Squadron, 498th Bombardment Group (VH), 73rd Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force, USAAF stationed at Isely Field on Saipan in the Mariana Islands, Pacific Theatre of Operations.

Bombardier: O-695709Irving J Twedt 2Lt WA

2Lt Irving James Twedt (1917-1945) - Find A Grave Memorial

KIA: 3-DEC-1944

MACR 10452

ON 3 DECEMBER 1944, HE FLEW AS THE BOMBARDIER ABOARD A BOEING B-29-45-BW (Boeing Wichita) SUPERFORTRESS, TAIL CODE T-SQUARE-29 (SERIAL #42-24681).

T-SQ-29 WAS ONE OF 86 AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED IN A MULTI-GROUP FORMATION TO BOMBARD THE MUSASHINO AIRCRAFT WORKS AND NAKAJIMA AIRCRAFT ENGINE FACTORY NEAR TOKYO, JAPAN. FLAK FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY WAS HEAVY AND ENEMY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT ATTACKS WERE DESCRIBED AS MODERATE, WITH 75 PASSES REPORTED.

AFTER THE BOMB-RUN, HIS AIRCRAFT HAD ONE ENGINE OUT FROM FLAK, AND ANOTHER IN THE PROCESS OF BEING FEATHERED. LAST CONTACT WAS BY RADIO AT 31 DEGREES +48 MINUTES NORTH, AND 141 DEGREES +59 MINUTES EAST.

HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS FORCED TO DITCH IN THE OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO, JAPAN.