42-106991

media-37708.jpeg UPL 37708 B-17G-35-DL #42-106991
99th BG - 347th BS - 15th AF

Object Number - UPL 37708 - B-17G-35-DL #42-106991 99th BG - 347th BS - 15th AF

Delivered Denver 19/1/44; MacDill 29/1/44; Morrison 1/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 12/3/44; transferred 347BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action 22m Ploesti 18/5/44 with Herschel McClain, Gilroy, Lindquist, Corcoran, Miaskiewicz, Newman, Confer, Jones, Downs, Flye, Nolan; flak, crashed Mostar; Missing Air Crew Report 5066.

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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
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-29473) nicknamed "Yankee Doodle" of the 347th Bomb Squadron, 99th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force during a mission over Turin. Official caption on image: "26599 A.C." Handwritten caption on reverse: '15th AF, 99th BG, 347th BS.' Printed caption on reverse: '26599 AC - A picturesque coastline in the Mediterranean forms a backdrop for a USAAF Flying Fortress on its way to bomb the vital Turin, Italy ball bearing plane on Nov. 8. This plane is one of a large formation whic
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Denver, Colorado 19 January 1944

Assigned

Sterparone Airfield, Italy 12 March 1944 483 BG 817 BS 15 AF

Assigned

Tortorella Airfield, Italy 31 March 1944 99 BG 347 BS 15 AF

Other

Shot Down

Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina 18 May 1944 then Yugoslavia

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman
page 224
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b17_16.html

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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