William K Moyer

Military

Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-17F 42-29856 flak hit, lost two engines and trailing fuel, crew baled out before aircraft exploded. Prisoner of War (POW). 10-May-44. MACR 4836.



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

Aircraft

42-29856

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Detroit, MI, USA 3 June 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 10 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Shot down / baled out

Wiener Neustadt, Austria 10 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt in B-17F 42-29856 flak hit, lost two engines and trailing fuel, crew baled out before aircraft exploded. POW. 10-May-44. MACR 4836.
Cresson, PA 16630, USA

Other

Based

84030 Tortorella SA, Italy 10 May 1944 Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

Born

Oakland County, MI, USA

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Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-29856
https://www.fold3.com/image/28637075/?terms=42-29856
https://www.fold3.com/page/84408097_william_k%20moyer/details/