44-6796

Delivered Lincoln 15/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 483BG Sterparone 20/12/44; Converted to cargo 81st ASS Bari 5/45; re-ass AF 30/4/47; 43 HBS Erding 18/1/48; 7230 AB Gp Erding 18/7/48; 85 AB Erding 12/10/49; modified as VB-17G Erding 19/7/50.

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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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Revisions

Date
ContributorWeary Willie
Changes
Sources

AFHRA Reel A0944 pg 1950 - May 1945 81st ASS Operations

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log