44-6177 Dry Run

Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Kearney 30/5/44; Hunter 7/6/44; Morrison 17/6/44; Assigned 815BS/483BG Sterparone 7/7/44; Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 with Russell Ward, Higgins, Anderson, Antonius, Fannon, Alfano, Wynkoop, Simpson, Durham (9 Prisoner of War); Jamieson (Killed in Action); enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; Missing Air Crew Report 7099. DRY RUN.

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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

Tommie Frank Alfano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14184606
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Asst Engineer

Harold Leroy Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17063656 / O-702094
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James Dennis Antonious

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33098125 / O-741440
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

James Olen Durham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18225957
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunner

James E Fannon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37412802
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Tulsa AAF, OK 20 May 1944 Delivered Tulsa AAF 20-May-44.

Assigned

Sterparone, Italy 7 July 1944 Assigned 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

Crashed

Ravensburg, Germany 18 July 1944 Missing in Action Memmingen 18/7/44 enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; MACR 7099.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Douglas.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28709629

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log