42-107161
Delivered Tulsa 9/3/44; MacDill 20/3/44; Hunter 29/4/44; Morrison 11/4/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 19/4/44; Salvaged 20/4/45.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-457805.jpg?itok=k6Yf8wFz)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-24405.jpeg?itok=8uPJoOHh)
- Site type: Airfield