1st Lt Ike A. Rosenbuam, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve had just taken off from Agana Field "When making our down-wind turn and leaving the traffic circle we observed a four engine aircraft flying very low just off the east end of the island. While we were watching the plane it hit the water going directly down-wind. It was impossible to tell from our distance if the plane was attempting to ditch or if the glide was broken. After contact with the surface, the plane skipped once and started to burn immediately, breaking up at once. We immediately called Dove Tower and informed them of the crash and proceeded over the scene. Upon circling at an altitude of approximately two hundred (200) feet. I thought I could make out one or more survivors, so on another circle over the scene we dropped one (1) life raft. We continued circling from one thousand (1000) feet and as the debris started to drift towards the shore we dropped two (2) smoke grenades to the mark the scene of the crash. After about thirty-five (35) minutes a Dumbo appeared over the scene and circled.

G.C Friddell from Agana Air Base states " I was a member of the crew sent out to search for survivors of a B-29 crash. Our plane was PBY 5-A 46475 and we searched the area of the crash from about 1400-1600 16 April 1945. I saw no survivors, only one partially inflated raft and a wing tip of the plane sticking out of the water. A smoke bomb was burning in the water when we got to there and we dropped two more to direct the Amtracks which arrived on the scene shortly before we left.

The plane had floated in up to the reef while we were circling and all I saw at any time was some wreckage floating around but no survivors.

The wreckage seemed to be self sealing gas tanks, small ones, a few boards and several oxygren tanks. There was a small oil slick."

1st Lt Robert C. McNab Jr. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1st Marine Amphibian Truck Company, was sent out to investigate the plane crash. "On 16 April 1945, upon instructions from Headquarters, 3rd Marine Division, to investigate a plane crash in the vicinity of Pago Bay Area. I proceeded with two amphian trucks to the designated area. Upon arrival at Lates Point I discovered a wing section of a plane sticking up approximately 30 feet and lodged against the reef. This section appeared to be the right wing of a B-29 Bomber. Due to the high surf and the reef it was impossible to get any closer than 30 or 35 feet to this wing section. Debris of all types was floating in the adjacent area to the wreckage. In this debris a white canvas sack was picked up and a set of navigational logs. After circling the area for approximately one hour and a half no bodies or persons were found in the area of the wreckage. At approxiamtely 1630 a PBY patroling this area flew low overhead indicating that he found nothing and was leaving and I left also. upon arrival at my camp some four or five Army Officers who were investigating the accident were awaiting my report. I turned over all the matter that was picked up at the scene of the wreckage to Captain Truchsell of the Army Air Forces."