B29-#44-69881 crash time June 20, 1945 Crash position The Shizuoka Abe-GUN South- Warashina village MAKI KA valley Affiliation 314th bombing team 29th bombing G of 20th air force 52 bombing party Attack target Shizuoka city area Cause of crash Midair collision Body nickname ? Pilot EVERDON and Waldo C. first lieutenant 0-742989 X copilot ARHUTICK and Tim T-133490 X Navigater RODEHEFFER and Edwin A. Jr. second lieutenant 0-2079108 X bombing O'CONNER and John Second Lieutenant Joseph 0-788500 X Engineer STOCKBURGER and William Jr. sergeant 34825807 X Radar Žm COHEN and Monroe Melvin T-317450 X Radio KELLOGG and Herbert A. Sergeant 13176242 X Central firearms control BERGERON and Ernest D. staff sergeant 11133094 X Gunner CAMERON and Staff Sergeant John 33613063 X Gunner MORRETTA and Arthur J. sergeant 12089963 X (Puciloski and John) Staff sergeant X taking advantage TOWLE and Newton Earle Jr. second lieutenant 0-836682 X it is ‹·‚ñ about 42-65373 and a midair collision during the Shizuoka bombing, and Abekawa -- it fell into the 80th south Warasina vilage MAKI KA valley Tashiro [ Kotaro ] possession rice field, and explosion destruction by fire was carried out Report from JAPAN [signature]

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The navigator, Edwin A. Rodeheffer, was my father's best friend.  My father, also a navigator on B29s, was also flying a sortie that day. He named my brother after Edwin in remembrance of him.
 
Based on information I had posted, I was contacted by Mr. Yutaka Unno, who is working with Mr. Isao Arai, researching the B-29 collision over the city of Shizuoka on June 20,1945.

Mr. Arai witnessed in the collision on that night in Shizuoka when he was around 11 years old.  Since then, he has been very interested in the accident and wanted to know what happened with two B-29 airplanes and the crews. After finding the historical facts of the collision, they would like to let the remaining family members of victims and his descendants about the history.
 
Yutaka Unno, graciously sent me a few photos of the Sengen Shine in Shizuoka that was dedicated to the flight crews of these two planes that collided.




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