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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1924 |
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SMSgt James E. Franklin
to remember
Botter, William Joseph, TSgt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town Dawson, OK |
Last Address Kadena AB, Okinawa
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Casualty Date Feb 28, 1954 |
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Cause Hostile, Died while Captured |
Reason Illness, Disease |
Location Korea, North |
Conflict Korean War |
Location of Interment Not Specified |
Wall/Plot Coordinates Cemetery Unknown |
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From Year 1950 |
To Year 1951 |
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Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Boeing B-29A Superfortress Length 99.02 ft | 30.18 m Width 142.26 ft | 43.36 m Height 29.56 ft | 9.01 m Engine(s) 4 x Wright R-3350-57 radial piston engines generating 2,200hp. Empty Weight 71,361 lbs | 32,369 kg MTOW 141,102 lbs | 64,003 kg Max Speed 358 mph | 576 km/h | 311 kts Max Range 4,100 miles | 6,598 km Ceiling 31,808 ft | 9,695 m | 6.0 miles Climb Rate 526.3 ft/min (160.4 m/min) Hardpoints 0 Armament 4 x 12.7mm machine guns in electrically-operated dorsal turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in electrically-operated under-nose turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns electrically-operated turret over rear fuselage. 2 x 12.7mm machine guns electrically-operated turret under rear fuselage 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in tail gun position 1 x 20mm cannon in tail gun position
6,000lbs or internal ordnance. Accommodations 10 Operators the United States of America
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