42-32071

Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; MacDill 4/2/44; Morrison 7/3/44; Assigned 817BS/483BG Tortorella 11/3/44; transferred 416BS/99BG Tortorella 31/3/44 MOONBEAM McSWINE; re-named NINE WOLVES & POPPA; Missing in Action {93m} Graz, Aus. 8/2/45 with Harry Schuld, Sumerall, Hagins, Agronow, Molnar, Kulberg, Goodwin, Wrona, Conley (8 Killed in Action); Frank Smith, Kosczyarek (2 Prisoner of War); mid air coll with 44-6691, crashed Kapsovar; Missing Air Crew Report 12082. FREDDY-H.

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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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