42-97919

media-36960.jpeg UPL 36960 B17 42-97919 483rd BOMB GROUP CRASH LANDING

Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH

Object Number - UPL 36960 - B17 42-97919 483rd BOMB GROUP CRASH LANDING

Delivered Tulsa 4/4/44; Hunter 26/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 840BS/483BG Sterparone 10/7/44; crashed on take off for Blechhammer 17/10/44 with Devereaux Bush, Hull, Bunnelo, Tomczyk, Ebinger, Ream, Breiner, Boyes, Wallis, Delory; (6wia), aircraft Salvaged.

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Seen through a 433rd Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress' strike camera, a 816th Bomb Squadron B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5786) nicknamed "Whizzer II" goes down over Nis in Yugoslavia on the 15th of April 1944 in a gout of flame after taking a direct flak hit. There were no survivors. Official caption on image: "(483BG:4M3:2VI) (4:15:1208) (24:21300) ([south-west arrow] 140 [degrees]) (Nis M/Y Yugo) (Ship 111 816 Sq)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15/4/44. 483BG, 15AF. Nis, Yugoslavia. 42-5786

483rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Object number: UPL 36960 - B17 42-97919 483rd BOMB GROUP CRASH LANDING