UPL 25276

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Don C. Woods Crew 483rd BG 817 SQ (aircraft # 44-6329) front row: John W. Holbrook TG, Merril F. Filz BT, Howard O. Hoyt LW, Robert Foote A/RW; back row: Don S. Jones, Thomas M. Reinhardt N, Don C. Woods P

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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

Aircraft

44-6329

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron

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Contributorreinharm
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Sources

GRIMM, JACOB L. (COMPILER); COLE, VERNE H. (EDITOR)

HEROES OF THE 483RD : CREW HISTORIES OF A MUCH DECORATED B 17 BOMBER GROUP DURING WORLD WAR II. WITH A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN WHO KEPT THEM FLYING