Victor Paul Vlahovich

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media-40230.jpeg UPL 40230 1Lt Victor Paul Vlahovich, Pilot on B17G 42-102429, 483rd Bomber Group... Michael was "Killed In Action" over the Ploesti Oil Complex, Romania during the war when his B17 was shot down by enemy flak.

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Object Number - UPL 40230 - 1Lt Victor Paul Vlahovich, Pilot on B17G 42-102429, 483rd Bomber Group... Michael was "Killed In Action" over the Ploesti Oil Complex, Romania...

Victor served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-17 42-102429, 840th Bomber Squadron, 483rd Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He enlisted in the Army on 2-Jul-40, prior to the war, at Fort Douglas, Utah. Victor was "Killed In Action" over the Ploesti Oil Complex, Romania during the war when his B-17 was shot down by enemy flak. He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fort Alamo II
  • Unit: 416th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group

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Enlisted

12 July 1940 Enlisted Fort Douglas Utah

Died

15 July 1944 Died Ploesti, Romania

Buried

1 January 1948 Interred Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy

Born

Born Illinois

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