Raymond J Scranton
MilitaryAssigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. 14 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-17F 42-29856 flak hit, lost two engines and trailing fuel, crew baled out before aircaft exploded. Killed in Action (KIA). 10-May-44. MACR 4836.
Awards: 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
- Nicknames: Patches
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Essex County, MA, USA | 10 October 1917 | Son of Stewart D Scranton. |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA, USA | 2 June 1942 | |
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Died |
Wiener Neustadt, Austria | 10 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt flak hit, lost two engines and trailing fuel, crew baled out before aircaft exploded. Killed in Action (KIA). 10-May-44. MACR 4836. |
| Lynn, MA, USA | |||
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Other Based |
84030 Tortorella SA, Italy | 10 May 1944 | Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Lynn, MA, USA | Pine Grove Cemetery Lynn MA USA |