Meyer H Axler

Military

Assigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Homer Anderson crew. Returned from Vienna 16-Mar-45, crash landing B-17 44-6325. RTD MACR 13059



Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19163647 / O-771647
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bronx, NY 3 April 1916 Son of Charles and Ethel Axler. Brother of Sarah, Rose and Louis.

Enlisted

Newark, NJ 28 November 1942 Newark, New Jersey

Other

Discharged USAAF

15 December 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Ormond Beach, FL 23 January 1998

Based

Sterparone Assigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.
Florida, USA Moved to Central Florida in 1987.