44-6184

Delivered Tulsa 26/5/44; Hunter 20/6/44; Grenier 28/6/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 3/7/44; crashed on take off for St Tropez 15/8/44 with Isham Teasley, Netherton, Kramer, Edmonds, Joyner, Faletti, Mitchiner, Sivley, DeCrescente (9 Killed in Action). No MACR.

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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

Carmen J DeCresente

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12216410
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

William V Edmonds

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35359033 / O-745806
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Jerry Oliver Faletti

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37058093
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Jackson William Joyner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34800357
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Edward C Kramer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16114922 / O-722856
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa AAF, OK 26 May 1944 Delivered Tulsa AAF 26-May-44.

Assigned

Sterparone, Italy 3 July 1944 Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

Crashed

Casalnuovo Monterataro, Italy 15 August 1944 Crashed on take off for St Tropez 15-Aug-44. 9 x KIA.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Douglas.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=98056

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log