Date:	18-MAR-1951
Time:
Type:	Boeing B-29A Superfortress
Owner/operator:	USAF
Registration:	44-69656
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	-
Phase:
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Attached to 307th Bmb Wg. Engine fire, some crew members bailed out off Okinawa, aircraft later recovered safely at Kadena AB, 2nd ARSq conducted air and land SAR effort in the Bolo Point area, Naha crash boat conducted surface search.

Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/

Captain Haas was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 370th Bomber Squadron, 307th Bomber Wing. On March 19, 1951, while on a combat mission, an aircraft's engine burst into flames. Most of the crew bailed out. He was listed as Killed in Action. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
http://www.abmc.gov/search-korean-war-veterans-memorial-honor-roll/detail/Korea_12879#.U2ViSygbFVU

Haas, John Lincoln, Capt