Four men from the 1st Lt Edmund G Smith crew died
when their B-29 crashed on a beach close to the Pacific Ocean
north of Chosi Point, Japan.
Five other men also landed safely on the ground and
were captured by the military.
They were then taken to the Kempei Tai Eastern District Headquarters
in Tokyo.
Lt Franz was able to parachute safely out of the aircraft but
was captured and executed by villagers.
The status of the eleventh man, Lt Robert L Grace, is unresolved.
The below link will take you to his page.
2nd Lt Robert L Grace
RECOVERY DETAILS
Within Lt Franz's IDPF are documents concerning the location where
he was recovered.
Two different coordinates are in these documents.
A possibility is that one set of coordinates is where his remains
were recovered
and the other the four men who died in the crash.
The first document is from POW Research Network Japan and
is part of the report of the Tobu Army District.
Note that according to this report, 6 men died in the crash.
Five of their remains were located but the sixth was never found.
This sixth man was Lt Robert L Grace.
The crew members who died were all buried near the crash site.
Following the Tobu Army District Report are three maps.
The first is a Google map that shows the crash site in relation to
Tokyo at the middle bottom and Chosi Point at the lower right.
One map from the Army Map Service Series L774
is a wide scale version with the locations of the coordinates in documents.
The second version is a closeup with Kashima-Gun outlined in white.
