Isham Oliver Teasley Jr

Military

Assigned 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Crashed on takeoff in B-17G 44-6184 for St Tropez mission 15-Aug-44 Killed in Action (KIA).



Awards: 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

Aircraft

42-107081

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Crazy House
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron

44-6184

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alpharetta, GA 6 January 1917 Son of Isham Oliver Sr and Lillian M [Shockley] Teasley Nagle.

Enlisted

Fort McPherson Atlanta, GA 15 January 1941 Fort McPherson Atlanta, GA

Died

Casalnuovo Monterataro, Italy 15 August 1944 Crashed on takeoff in B-17G 44-6184 for St Tropez mission 15-Aug-44 Killed in Action (KIA).

Based

Sterparone 15 August 1944 Assigned 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Alpharetta Cemetery, GA Re-Interred Alpharetta Cemetery Alpharetta, Fulton County, GA

Buried

Re-Interred Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/83971707-isham-o-teasley
https://www.fold3.com/image/28709663
https://www.fold3.com/image/177533480?terms=Isham%20O%20Teasley
https://www.fold3.com/image/317745518?terms=Isham%20Teasley
http://aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=44-6184&Submit4=Go
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100861236/isham-oliver-teasley

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https://www.fold3.com/record/83971707-isham-o-teasley
https://www.fold3.com/image/177533480?terms=Isham%20O%20Teasley
https://www.fold3.com/image/317745518?terms=Isham%20Teasley
http://aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=44-6184&Submit4=Go
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100861236/isham-oliver-teasley