In addition to my last thread 'EDO A-3 lifeboats and SB-29' I'm looking for the serials of the sixteen B-29 which were converted to SB-29. Already five I've found:
44-49957, 44-69982, 44-84084, 44-84124, 44-86308
Any hint to the remaining eleven?

Martin

Martin -
SB - 29 # 44 - 84112
SB - 29 # 44 - 84078
Mike

Steve Birdsall's Superfortress lists the following B-29s converted to SB-29s :

44-61671
44-69957
44-69971
44-70119
44-84030
44-84078
44-84084
44-84086
44-84088
44-84096
44-84112
44-86303
44-86308
44-87644
44-87665
44-87761

(Martin..Perhaps a check of your serial numbers is in order...your listing does not agree with Steve Birdsall.
(44-49957; 44-69982; 44-84124 are not listed in either Steve Birdsall's or Bob Mann's books.

Bob Mann's The B-29 Superfortress shows the following :

Listed on Aircraft Record Cards

44-61671
44-69957
44-69971
44-70119
44-84030
44-84078
44-84084
44-84086
44-84088 (Not converted per ARC)
44--84112
44-96303
44-86308
44-84112
44-86303
44-86308
44-87644
44-87665
44-97761 (Not converted per ARC)
44-47308
44-27312
44-62190
44-62194
44-62210
44-70089
44-70101
44-70117
44-70131
44-84034
44-84096
44-86259
44-86355


Jim :-)

James S. Peters Sr. T/Sgt
B-17 Flt Engr, 27 missions
99 BG, 348BS, 5th Wing, 15th AAF
Tortorella, (Foggia#2), Italy
My Tour was from 12/03/44-06/19/45
M/Sgt USAF (Retired)

Thanks Mike and Jim!

Where can I find a list to compare serials with recognition markings?
SB-29 AF6303 - ??? serial

Thanks
Martin

Jim,
just found three SB-29 serials here
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AFrptsMO.htm
44-86259 November 1950 USAF Accident Reports
44-84124 January 1951 USAF Accident Reports
44-84094 October 1951 USAF Accident Reports

Martin

Martin...It seems the SB-29 records are cloudy to say the least....I don't think any one source has all the answers.

The Aircraft Record Cards are supposedly the official records.  And there are aircraft appearing that are not reflected on the Aircraft Record Cards.

Apparently the B-17G Sentimental Journey 44-83514 had the fittings installled for the life boat, but there are no records, that have surfaced,  that show the aircraft was ever used as a life boat dropper. It was used in the Atomic Tests in Operation Greenhouse as a Director aircraft for the drone aircraft sent unmanned into the atomic clouds....that HAS been verified.

Jim :-)

James S. Peters Sr. T/Sgt
B-17 Flt Engr, 27 missions
99 BG, 348BS, 5th Wing, 15th AAF
Tortorella, (Foggia#2), Italy
My Tour was from 12/03/44-06/19/45
M/Sgt USAF (Retired)

Martin -
Recognition markings ?
Are you talking about Striping , Colors etc ?
Mike

Mike,
what I mean is this:
'f. Time and date of Initial Action by Air rescue Service: SB-29 AF6303 was airborne at 1144K, 26 February 1952.'
How do you call this? Or what is the exact naming?

Martin

Martin - Not sure what you mean ?
Rescue Mission - Korean War
SB - 29 # 44 - 86303
Took Off 1144 Hours
Mike
 

Sorry, Mike
what I mean is: AF6303
Thanks again for your efforts!
Martin

Robert Man on the loss of SB-29 44-61640 AF6303
 
http://home.att.net/~sallyann4/mann2-column.html
 
 
Terry T.

Surprisingly even jFbaugher didn't mention the SB-29 on his B-29 webpage!
If I add the SB-29 mentioned in the several USAF accident reports to the 16 of Steve Birdsall the total for today is 19 with 4 to clarify some times later.
Martin

After some search I've identified thirteen SB-29 via articles, photos, accident or conversion reports. Some new numbers appear...

42-63490 SB-29
44-61671 SB-29A
44-69957 SB-29
44-69982 SB-29
44-70101 SB-29
44-70119 SB-29
44-84054 SB-29
44-84078 SB-29
44-84084 SB-29B
44-84094 SB-29
44-84124 SB-29
44-86259 SB-29
44-86308 SB-29A

And one from the ARC 44-47308 I have identified as a Beech JRB-4 Expeditor

Martin

I took the sixteen SB-29's listed by A. Lloyd in B-29 Superfortress in Detail and Scale, Part 2, Derivatives, and the twenty - three SB-29's identified as such in my data base and cross-checked against the IARC's, obtaining a total of twenty-five SB-29's:
 
44-27308, converted Tinker 6/50
44-62190, converted Tinker 9/52
44-62194, converted Tinker 9/52
44-62210, converted Tinker 8/52
44-69957, converted Tinker 7/52
44-69971, converted Tinker 10/52
44-70089, converted Tinker 12/51
44-70101, converted Tinker 12/51
44-70117, converted Tinker 12/52
44-70119, converted Tinker 7/51
44-70131, converted Tinker 12/52
44-84030, converted Tinker 8/50
44-84034, converted Tinker 1/50
44-84078, converted Tinker 1/50
44-84084, concerted Tinker 1/50
44-84086, converted Tinker 3/50
44-84088, converted Tinker 2/50
44-84096, converted Tinker 1/50
44-84112, converted Tinker 3/50
44-86259, converted Tinker 1/50
44-86303, converted Tinker2/50
44-86308, converted Tinker5/50
44-86355, converted Yokota 11/50
44-87644, converted Tinker4/52
44-87665, converted Tinker 10/52
 
Bob Mann
 

Bob Mann

Bob,
thank you for listing the (25) SB-29!
Additionally...
Any idea - what should we do with
42-63490
http://home.att.net/~sallyann2/500-group.html
44-61671
Steve Birdsall
Alwyn T. Lloyd "B-29 Superfortress in Detail and Scale Part 2"
SB-29A-40-BN 44-61671 as shown in a photograph on page 77 of Volume 14 of the Warbird Tech Series by Peter M Bowers
44-69982
JoeFBaugher
http://www.air-and-space.com/b-36%20wrecks.htm#44-69982
44-84054
http://www.accident-report.com/Serials/1944n.htm
44-84094
http://aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1951Oct.htm
44-84124
JoeFBaugher
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmkor/korwald_info_1458.htm

Every comment welcome.
Martin

My father was a radioman on an SB-29 out of Guam with the number '4088' on the tail.    I'm assuming that's the one listed in Bob Mann's book as '44-84088 (not converted per ARC).  I sure would love to find a picture of that plane for him.  Any ideas where to look?
 
Gary Van Kauwenbergh
 

John Campbell's B-29 book has a photo of an SB-29 which he identifys as S/N 44-62212.
 
Herb Harper

I have no record of 44-62212 being converted to a SB-29 configuration.
 
Bob Mann

Bob Mann

I have a photo of 44-70128 in SB-29 configuration



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