Owen Roberts Zachritz

Military

Assigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Returned from Vienna 16-Mar-45, crash landing B-17 44-6325. RTD MACR 13059





Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19163647 / O-771647
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Faulkton, SD 11 September 1925 Son of Dr George F and Clara [Roberts] Zachritz.

Other

Discharged USAAF

4 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Aberdeen, SD 30 August 2014

Buried

Faulkton Cemetery Faulkton, SD Faulkton Cemetery Faulkton, South Dakota

Based

Sterparone Assigned 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.

Enlisted

South Dakota

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.