42-5777

Delivered Long Beach 16/1/43; Salina 29/1/43; Assigned 96BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 31/3/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M'Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; {83m} transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella, It 28/3/44; {2m} 840BS/483BG Tortorella, It 31/3/44; Sterparone, It 22/4/44; Missing in Action Wiener Neustadt 23/4/44 with John Hucle, Delcamp, Henderson, Nicks, Tears, Schindler, Robinson, Mohn, Finn, Ballnik (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Gromet, ?; Missing Air Crew Report 4664. THE GIN MILL.

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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

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log