42-5350

Delivered Cheyenne 18/11/42; West Palm Beach 9/1/43; Assigned 32BS/301BG Biskra 21/1/43; Ain M'Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; 67m transferred 429BS/2BG Massicault 14/11/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; 1m 347BS/99BG Tortorella 28/3/44; 2m 816BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; Returned to the USA Homestead 8/7/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 3/8/45. NOSEY aka SKINHEAD.

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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

Laurence Henry Meidl

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37316870
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log