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Eduard Modeller‘s Den No. 6 - JUNE 2025

Operaon Spider’s Web

B-29soverKorea

During the Korean War, the U.S. Air Force

deployed a total of 1,623 B-29 bombers. Of

these, 34 were lost in combat. Including

aircra that crashed during combat missions

for other reasons, the total operaonal

losses amounted to 80 B-29 bombers

between 1950 and 1953.

Twice during the Korean War, the U.S. lost

three B-29s in a single day. For the rst

me, it was on April 12, 1951, a day that

became known as Black Thursday. A total

of 39 bombers, escorted by 54 F-84 ghters,

aempted one nal aack on a bridge in

the city of Sinuiju. The Soviet Air Force,

operang in North Korea, sent 28 MiG-15

ghters against them. The MiGs managed

to evade the American escort and aacked

the rst formaon of eight B-29s, shoong

down two and damaging a third. Some of the

Soviet pilots then engaged with American

F-84s, while others aacked the second

formaon of 12 B-29s, shoong down one

and damaging four.

Another three B-29s were lost on Black

Tuesday, October 23, 1951, when nine

aircra aacked Namsi aireld. Some were

damaged en route by an-aircra re, and

later, 84 MiG-15s engaged the formaon,

separated them from their escorts, and

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B-29 bombers aacking targets in North Korea in January 1951. In the foreground is aircra 45-21721, which crashed on February 7,

1952, shortly aer takeo from Yokota Air Base in Japan. All 13 crew members were killed. Photo source: NARA

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