44-6174 Miss Chievious

Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Hunter 9/6/44; Morrison 21/6/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 3/7/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Eugene Jackson, Lone, Higgins, Rothetr, Ulitch, Bermandie, Cook, Milks, Murphy (9 Killed in Action); Erickson (Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Missing Air Crew Report 6975.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31280499
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36735692
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Asst Radio
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38398451
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13079797 / O-702428
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20135506 / O-803820
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa AAF, OK 20 May 1944 Delivered Tulsa AAF 20-May-44.

Assigned

Sterparone, Italy 3 July 1944 Assigned to 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

Crashed

Memmingen, Germany 18 July 1944 Missing in Action Memmingen 18-Jul-44. Enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; MACR 6975.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Douglas.

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log