42-5764

Delivered Cheyenne 28/12/42; Denver 2/1/43; Salina 10/1/43; Brookley 8/3/43; Morrison 13/4/43; Assigned 97BG Chateau-du-Rhumel 16/4/43; Pont-du-Fahs 1/8/43; Depienne 15/8/43; Cerignola 20/12/43; battle damaged Innsbrook 19/12/43 Amendola 16/1/44 transferred 840BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Salvaged 30/11/45.

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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

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log