816th Bomb Squadron

Squadron
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 media-457805.jpg FRE 10138 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 Whizzer II has taken direct flak hit - all crew members were killed. USAAF 41.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 10138 - 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...

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People

Frank A Lonc

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12130051 / O-816836
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Lewis E Milks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37668120
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armourer / Gunner

Edgar Lee Mills

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 816th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group Fifteenth Air Force
  • Service Numbers: 14066591
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Armorer / Gunner

Ralph Braden Murphy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19106882
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Asst Armourer / Gunner

Hubert Nicholas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35789368
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Gunner

Aircraft

44-6174

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

44-6199

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

44-6318

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

44-6319

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

44-6320

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

Revisions

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Sources

Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, GA: https://www.museumofaviation.org/483rd.php

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