Take-off roll: 0306 hundred hours on 6 June 1945 Bucholz Army Air Field.

Forty seconds after take-off, the B-29 aircraft #42-24592 struck the Pacific Ocean and sank, killing 10 of 13 on board instantly (ref: MACR #14530).

Crew of B-29 #42-24592 on 6 June 1945:

O-792995 1st Lt William Arlington Kelley, Jr. of Tifton, Georgia (Airplane Commander) - killed

O-696672 1st Lt Roy Evans Shanklin, Jr. of Radford, Virginia (Bombardier) - killed {ASN: 13034136}

O-697876 2nd Lt William Kovach of Detroit, Michigan (navigator) - killed {ASN: 16082808}

O-866595 1st Lt Carl William Stammerjohn of Chicago, Illinois (Flight Engineer) - killed

12174033 SSgt Albert DeSimone of Schenectady, NY (Radio Operator) - killed

17166822 S/Sgt Thurman Walling of Wichita, Kansas (Right Gunner) - killed

38443934 S/Sgt Otto Boone Pence, Jr. of Conway, Arkansas (Radar Operator) - killed

1st Lt John Neville of Joliet, Illinois (Co Pilot) - survived

SSgt Charles McMurry of Memphis, Tennessee (Left Gunner) - survived

SSgt Glenn Gregory of Waldron, Indiana (Tail gunner) - survived

34670911 Pfc Lowell Burden Spivey of Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina (572nd Air Materiel Squadron, 91st Air Service Group) - killed

O-477389 Louis John Hartmann, Jr. Maj of Suffolk County, NY (167th Ordnance Division) - killed

William A Kelley