James Oliver Jarrell

Military

Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Nabinger crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 42-38213; flak destroyed nose of A/C Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6519





Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

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

People

William Nabinger

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32476800 / O-691537
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brunson, SC 27 July 1922 Son of Fred Oliver and Ola [Anderson] Jarrell.

Enlisted

Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC 6 February 1943 Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina

Died

Blechhammer, Germany 7 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 42-38213; flak destroyed nose of A/C Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6519

Buried

Rivers Cemetery Brunson, Hampton County, SC Rivers Cemetery Brunson, Hampton County, South Carolina

Based

Amendola 7 July 1944 Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

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