42-97913

Delivered Tulsa 3/4/44; Hunter 16/6/44; Dow Fd 28/6/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 3/7/44; Missing in Action Moosbeirbaum, Aus 28/8/44 with Jonas Blank, Corenthal, Penn, Emmett Jones, Perperone, Schreiner, Nicholaisen (7 Prisoner of War); Whye, Tucker, Cunningham (3 evaded capture & returned to duty 10/9/44); flak, crashed Karlstadt; Missing Air Crew Report 11278.

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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

483rd Bomb Group

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

People

Jonas Blank

Jonas Le Moyne Blank

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 815th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-25994
  • Highest Rank: Major General
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert Frederick Corenthal

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 815th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: O-808166
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-pilot

Kenneth Monroe Cunningham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37243596
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Emmett Dellious Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 815th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 33516652
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Elwood Thomas Nicolaisen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 815th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 06578737
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist gunner

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Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a unit connection to the 15th AF per MACR 11278 at Fold3.com.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the A/C "Description".

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log