UPL 33216
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Circa 1944 - B-17G #42-32111, Del Cheyenne 24/1/44; McDill 7/2/44; Morrison 9/3/44; Ass 816BS/483BG Tortorella, Italy. 13/3/44; Battle Damaged on mission to Budapest 14/7/44 w/Bob Goesling, (crew ?); made a forced landing at Foggia Main w/30,000 flak holes !!; Salvaged 15/7/45. Photo by my father Algy Spurr.
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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](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457805.jpg.webp?itok=YT0rrjph)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Locations
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Date:
ContributorSeattleSleeper
ChangesChanges to caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources
Dave Osborne's Master Fort Log
Date:
ContributorBrian Spurr
ChangesCreated entry with caption
Sources
From my deceased father's collection. He was a photographer in WW2 with 237 and 55 Squadrons RAF and No. 2 P.R.U. I have the original photos that I scanned.