B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong

RE: B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong (Tex Longhorn)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:13:00 GMT

Name: Robert W Jensen
Inducted From: Connecticut
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 500th Squadron 345th Bomber Group Heavy
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1922
Death Date: 15 Mar 1945
Interment Date: 1 Dec 1949
Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of The Pacific
Monument: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal

Name: Orville L Garrison
Service Info.: 2LT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
Death Date: 15 Mar 1945
Interment Date: 16 Sep 1949
Cemetery: Ft. Smith National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 522 Garland Avenue and South 6th St Fort Smith, AR 72901
Buried At: Section 2 Site 763

Name: Henry M Worley
Service Info.: SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 29 Aug 1922
Death Date: 15 Mar 1945
Interment Date: 16 Sep 1949
Cemetery: Ft. Smith National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 522 Garland Avenue and South 6th St Fort Smith, AR 72901
Buried At: Section 2 Site 763

Name: Frank M Tubb
Service Info.: CPL US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II
Death Date: 15 Mar 1945
Interment Date: 16 Sep 1949
Cemetery: Ft. Smith National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 522 Garland Avenue and South 6th St Fort Smith, AR 72901
Buried At: Section 2 Site 763

Name: Robert H Waggy
Service Info.: SGT US AAF 500TH B M SQDN 345TH BM GP
Interment Date: 4 Apr 1949
Disposition: According to next of kin
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211
Buried At: Section 34 Site 2151

Looks like three are buried at the same site.

RE: B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong (Tex Longhorn)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:55:01 GMT

Do a footnote search for Robert W. Jensen. Footnote shows a MACR of 16415. However, images on footnote show 15447. Pages 5 & 6 mention Jensen and the crash.

RE: B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong (ThomasPolgar)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:20:08 GMT

Many thanks. The 16051 MACR doesn't seem to exist. Were all the remains returned to the US ?

Best Tom

RE: B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong (Anthony J. Mireles)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:20:09 GMT

B-25-11 # 43-36171 BOLD VENTURE

2Lt. Robert W. Jensen, pilot;
2Lt. Orville L. Garrison, co-pilot;
Sgt. Henry M. Worley, engineer;
Cpl. Frank M. Tubb, radio operator;
Sgt. Robert H. Waggy, gunner;

B-25-11-# 43-36171 BOLD VENTURE was making a pass behind Capt. Herman F. Reheis on a Japanese freighter anchored near Hong Kong. Fragments from a bomb dropped by Reheis hit Lt. Jensen's open bomb bay and the right engine. The pilot feathered the propeller and attempted to pull the airplane up to avoid striking a 75-foot ridge line, but the airplane stalled and crashed about 16 miles northwest of Hong Kong, exploding into flames upon impact.

TonyM.

RE: B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong (Leendert)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:11:34 GMT

Additional info: pilot was 2 Lt Robert W. Jensen from Greenwich, CT.

Source: wwiimemorial.com

Regards,

Leendert

RE: B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong (Leendert)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:22 GMT

Tom,

According this website the MACR has # 16051.

See: http://accident-report.com/MACR/m194503.html

Regards,

Leendert

RE: B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong (ThomasPolgar)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:23:01 GMT

Many thanks. I can't seem to find this MACR on Footnote or elsewhere. Does anyone have a copy or more information ?

Kind regards, Tom

RE: B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong (Leendert)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:33:26 GMT

Thomas,

Date was 15 March 1945. Serial 43-36171.
From Joe Baugher's website:
36171 (345th BG, 500th BS, "Bold Venture") crashed on a mission over
Hong Kong Harbor Mar 15, 1945. Aircraft was caught in the
explosion of a freighter from the preceding aircraft's bomb run
and crashed into a ridgeline. All 5 onboard killed. Regards,

Leendert

B-25 "Bold Venture" Crashed in Hong Kong (ThomasPolgar)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:54:14 GMT

Can anyone tell me about a B-25 that crashed on a bombing mission over HK in 1944 ? I believe 5 Americans were killed and it was with the 345th BG, 500th BS. Any information would be appreciated. Many thanks.

Thomas Polgar.