John D Vecchiola

Military

Assigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest 30-Jul-44; flak, crashed Sziget Szent; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7105.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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 Bryce Nivens

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-745737
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-6201

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

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Quincy, MA 27 February 1924 Son of Dante and Arsena Vecchiola.

Enlisted

Boston, MA 2 November 1942

Other

Baled out POW

Sziget Szent, Romania 30 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Budapest 30-Jul-44; flak, crashed Sziget Szent; POW MACR 7105.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 30 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

27 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Quincy, MA 5 April 1999

Buried

Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, MA 10 May 1999 Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, MA

Based

Sterparone 30 July 1944 Assigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

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