Capt Theodore Breckenridge Holmes (1918-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial

Airplane Command Pilot (left seat), take-off from Saipan was approximately 1730 hours on the afternoon of 7 March 1945 on Weather Strike Mission #264 to the vicinity of Kure Naval Base near Hiroshima, aboard Boeing B-29-45-BW Superfortress, nicknamed "Su Su Baby" serial #42-24721 (Z-Square-46), 883rd Bomber Squadron, 500th Bombardment Group (VH), 73rd Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force, stationed at Isely Field on Saipan in the Mariana Islands, Western Pacific Theatre of Operations..

At approximately 0730 hrs on 8 March 1945, KIA, Z-SQ-46 suffered fuel starvation, ditched in the Pacific Ocean about 120 miles north of Saipan.

Theodore B Holmes