44-6199

Delivered Tulsa 2/6/44; Hunter 25/6/44; Dow Fd 9/7/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 14/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 21/1/45 with Vic Prescott, Grimm, Bratlie, Santiago, Boraten, Gray, Foster, Caspar, Crandall, Shepherd (10 evaded capture - ret. 13/2/45); mech failure, crashed Kiskumajsa; Missing Air Crew Report 11539.

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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

483rd Bomb Group

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

People

Bernard Thomas Boraten

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33598623
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Top turret

Jack R Bratlie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39205973 / O-2068581
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Kenneth Joseph Caspar

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33703500
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Ball turret

Billy Gene Crandall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35876887
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Charles Kelsay Foster

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13128483
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa AAF, OK 2 June 1944 Delivered Tulsa AAF 2-Jun-44.

Assigned

Sterparone, Italy 14 July 1944 Assigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

Crashed

Kiskumajsa, Hungary 21 January 1945 Missing in Action Vienna 21-Jan-45; Mech failure, crashed Kiskumajsa; MACR 11539.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Douglas.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/46708544

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log