42-3055

Delivered Denver 19/1/43; Homestead 19/6/43; Assigned 97BG Cerignola 20/12/43; Amendola 16/1/44; transferred 483BG Sterparone 7/45; Salvaged 30/11/45.

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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

Abner Hardin Posey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-663939 (18062140 on enlistment)
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log