42-107065

Delivered Denver 9/2/44; Hunter 3/3/44; Homestead 16/3/44; slated 398BG, Assigned 817BS/483BG Sterparone 17/3/44; transferred 97BG Amendola 5/44; battle damaged Atzgerdorf, Aus 24/5/44 with ?; BTG Wasnuk shot out of turret, aircraft landed Foggia; Missing in Action Salzburg 17/11/44 with Arthur Laser, Jarris, Todd, Van Morris, Turnway, Krieger, Nordham, Bleber, Patterson, Lynch; Missing Air Crew Report 9877. RIGOR MORTIS II.

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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

483rd Bomb Group

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

People

Emil Wasnuk

Emil Wasnuk

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 817th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 19070785
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball turret gunner

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log