44-6326 Pick Up

media-55794.jpeg UPL 55794 B-17 44-6326, 'Pick Up' - 816th BS, 483rd BG

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Object Number - UPL 55794 - B-17 44-6326, 'Pick Up' - 816th BS, 483rd BG

Delivered Kearney 5/7/44; Grenier 12/7/44; Assigned 816BS/483BG Sterparone 14/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 12/7/45; Independence 22/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 31/12/45. PICK UP.

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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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ContributorDouglas P
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483rd FB page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/923392188102686/posts/1381159172325983

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Object number: UPL 55794 - B-17 44-6326, 'Pick Up' - 816th BS, 483rd BG