Carmen J DeCresente

Military

Assigned 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Crashed on takeoff in B-17G 44-6184 for St Tropez mission 15-Aug-44 Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

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

Isham Oliver Teasley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14043566 / O-801602
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6184

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, NY 19 March 1920

Enlisted

New York, NY 14 December 1942

Died

Casalnuovo Monterataro, Italy 15 August 1944 Crashed on takeoff in B-17G 44-6184 for St Tropez mission 15-Aug-44 Killed in Action (KIA).

Based

Sterparone 15 August 1944 Assigned 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

Buried

Saint Mary's Cemetery, Troy, NY Re-Interred Saint Mary's Cemetery Troy, Rensselaer County, NY

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https://www.fold3.com/image/317521847?terms=Carmen%20J%20DeCrescente
https://www.fold3.com/image/310770942?terms=De%20Crescente
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99090416/carmen-j.-decrescente