44-6787

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6787) nicknamed "Cannon Ball". Handwritten caption on reverse: ' B-17 G-65-DL, 44-6787, Gen Cannon's.' media-418459.jpg FRE 8952 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6787) nicknamed "Cannon Ball". Handwritten caption on reverse: ' B-17 G-65-DL, 44-6787, Gen Cannon's.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 8952 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6787) nicknamed "Cannon Ball". Handwritten caption on reverse: ' B-17 G-65-DL, 44-6787, Gen Cannon's.'

Delivered Hunter 9/11/44; Grenier 19/11/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 7/12/44; RetUS, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Walnut Ridge 17/12/45; In 1946 was used as hack (VB-17G) for Gen Cannon.

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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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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6787) nicknamed "Cannon Ball". Handwritten caption on reverse: ' B-17 G-65-DL, 44-6787, Gen Cannon's.'

Object number: FRE 8952 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-6787)...