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
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Date:
ContributorSeattleSleeper
ChangesChanges to caption, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations
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Dave Osborne's Master Fort Log

Date:
ContributorBrian Spurr
ChangesCreated entry with caption
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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.