44-6387

Missing Air Crew Report 13247 UPL 77261 UPL 77261 elivered Hunter 22/7/44; Presque Is 4/8/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 13/8/44; transferred 815BS/483BG Sterparone 14/8/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 22/3/45 with Bob Davis, Boicelli, Fernlund, Chrystone, Powell, Guernsey, Eddie, Pyles (8 Prisoner of War); Gilmore, McFarlan (2 Killed in Action); flak & Me 262 jet enemy aircraft, crashed Ruhland; 2KIA 8POW; Missing Air Crew Report 13247.

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483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron 44-6387 On

Object Number - UPL 77261 - elivered Hunter 22/7/44; Presque Is 4/8/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 13/8/44; transferred 815BS/483BG Sterparone 14/8/44; Missing in Action Ruhland...

Delivered Hunter 22/7/44; Presque Is 4/8/44; Assigned 20BS/2BG Amendola 13/8/44; transferred 815BS/483BG Sterparone 14/8/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 22/3/45 with Bob Davis, Boicelli, Fernlund, Chrystone, Powell, Guernsey, Eddie, Pyles (8 Prisoner of War); Gilmore, McFarlan (2 Killed in Action); flak & Me 262 jet enemy aircraft, crashed Ruhland; 2KIA 8POW; Missing Air Crew Report 13247.

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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

George F Boiceilli

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer

Paschal Hayden Powell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38343333
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Revisions

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Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.
SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17g-50-dl-44-6251-44…

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Added an association to the15th AF, the unit that encompassed the 483 BG.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Missing Air Crew Report 13247

Object number: UPL 77261 - elivered Hunter 22/7/44; Presque Is 4/8/44...