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B-29 Bombers Under Attack by Soviet MiG-15s Part 1
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Sergeant Billy Beach is a gunner aboard the United States Air Force B-29 Superfortress “No Sweat” during a bombing raid on Sinuiju rail bridges in North Korea on 12 April 1951. Six MiG-15s attack No Sweat and the other bombers with it. The 12 April raid on the Sinuiju rail bridges goes so poorly is nicknamed “Black Thursday”. Follow The War Office Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel.
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Sergeant Billy Beach is a gunner aboard
the B-29, No Sweat, in the first flight
and is scanning the sky for enemy
aircraft when the tail gunner shouts,
"MiGs coming in at 6:00."
At 10:10 a.m., six MiG-15s pounce on the
bombers from the rear, catching the
Thunderjet escorts off guard.
Captain Lev Ivanov fires a burst from
his 37-mm cannon, which slams into a
B-29's fuselage, forcing the smoking
bomber to jettison its bombs and leave
formation.
A second Superfortress is set upon by a
MiG, whose fire hits the number one
engine, igniting it.
The B-29 enters a death spiral and
crashes into the sea with no survivors.
Another B-29 is shot down when a MiG
piloted by Senior Lieutenant Alexander
Kochetgarov knocks out two of its
engines.
The bomber loses control and only two
crewmen are able to bail out before it
crashes into a mountain.