42-29883

Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Salinas, Cal 18/3/43; Tinker 31/3/43; Memphis 8/4/43; Morrison 15/4/43; Assigned 416BS/99BG Navarin 10/5/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 840BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; 774BS/463BG Celone 9/44 to 6/45 as weather a/c; landing accident with Joe Schonka 23/4/45; another landing accident with Ray Griffith 28/5/45; Salvaged 29/7/45.

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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

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log