Emil Wasnuk
Military
Object Number - UPL 60536 - S/Sgt Emil Wasnuk
Assigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Killed by enemy fighter on Salzburg mission 17-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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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
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fallon County, Montana | 1 January 1920 | Born Fallon County, Montana |
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Enlisted |
Missoula, Montana | 22 January 1942 | Enlisted Missoula, Montana |
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Died |
Salzburg, Austria | 17 November 1944 | Died Salzburg, Austria |
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Buried |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Toscana, Italy | 1 January 1946 | Re-Interred Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy |
