42-5772

Delivered Long Beach 2/1/43; Salina 21/1/43; Morrison 8/2/43; Assigned 352BS/301BG St Donat 19/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; {30m} transferred 346BS/99BG Tortorella 28/3/44; {1m 99th} 483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Sterparone 22/4/44; 81st Air Service Sq Bari converted to cargo 1/1945; Salvaged 14/6/45.

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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

John Olivi Yokie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 20th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15096513 at enlistment, then O-797215
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Revisions

Date
ContributorWeary Willie
Changes
Sources

AFHRA Reel A0944, pg 1832 - Operations 81st Air Service Squadron, January 1945

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log