UPL 77261
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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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![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](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457805.jpg.webp?itok=YT0rrjph)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron