42-29509 Bad penny

Delivered Denver 28/12/42; Salina 5/1/43; Morrison 31/1/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 20/2/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; 114m transferred 840BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; 12m Returned to the USA Altus 7/3/45; 126m Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Altus 9/10/45. BAD PENNY.

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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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Added Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
Source: http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzUsafSearch.pl?target=42-29509&…

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log