THE BLACK TUESDAY PROJECT
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The Black Tuesday Project is
an inquiry into the facts and circumstances surrounding the
calamitous daylight bombing mission flown by
the 307th Bombardment Wing on 23 October, 1951
against Namsi Airfield in the heart of
MiG Alley. What many experts consider the epic air battle of the
Korean War and perhaps the greatest jet engagement
in the history of aerial warfare has largely become
another forgotten air battle of the forgotten
war. The few chronicles that exist have been reconstructed,
for the most part, from disorganized and sometimes
inaccurate U.S. and Russian government records.
Most accounts are from the fighter pilot's
perspective and do not provide the information or insights
into the 307th's vital and tragic role on the
mission that ended strategic daylight bombing forever.
It is the goal of the Black Tuesday Project
to record as accurately as possible the facts and
circumstances of the event by reconstructing
the mission from first briefing to final landing. Hoping to
reach the widest possible audience, a short version
of the Black Tuesday story has been published in the
October,
2001 issue of VFW Magazine, commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the mission.
Without the following people (listed alphabetically),
this project could not have lifted off the runway:
John
R. Bruning: Author of Crimson Sky: The Air Battle for Korea
Paul
Dickerson: Right Gunner on Griner's B-29, Black Tuesday Mission
John
Duquette: Everyman a Tiger Webmaster
R.
W. Gray: Photo & Data Contributor
Nick
Kourafas: Bombardier on Lead Bomber, Black Tuesday Mission
Fred
Meier: Navigator on Lead Bomber, Black Tuesday Mission
Rolland
L. Miller: Left Gunner on Lead Bomber, Black Tuesday Mission
Cookie
Sewell: Historian on Soviet Involvement in the Korean War
John
Wagenhalls: Bombardier on Dempsy's B-29, Black Tuesday Mission
This
web site and these pages were originated & are being maintained by
E.
J. McGill, former B-29 Copilot, 19th B.G., 28th B. Sqdn, Kadena AFB, Okinawa
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