Captain David Thaxton " Tumbleweed" Bechtol, O-764965.

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Seeking details of aircraft in which Captain Bechtol was killed.
Sources differ, some give the ac as a B-29 while others have it as a B-25.
He was with the 38th BG/823BS.
But was killed on an a/c test flight.
He is recorded as both KIA and KNB.
As it was a test flight would therefore not I assume exclude training on a B-29 . However the 38 th was a B-25 Group.
MACR number is 16043, date 28th June 1945.
Thanks
Alex