42-5782 High Tension

High Tension UPL 68766 UPL 68766 B-17 42-5782 'High Tension'

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Object Number - UPL 68766 - B-17 42-5782 'High Tension'

Delivered Long Beach 20/1/43; Salina 28/1/43; Tinker 27/2/43; Morrison 31/3/43; Assigned 429BS/2BG Navarin, Alg 8/4/43; Chateau-du-Rhumel, Alg 27/4/43; Ain M'Lila, Alg 17/6/43; Massicault, Tun 31/7/43; Bizerte, Tun 2/12/43; Amendola, It 9/12/43; transferred 483BG Tortorella, It 2/44; Salvaged {24m} 21/7/45 at 5BW HQ. HIGH TENSION.

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2nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
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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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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High Tension

Object number: UPL 68766 - B-17 42-5782 'High Tension'