44-6261 Never Satisfied

media-24323.jpeg UPL 24323 B-17G-50-DL #44-6261
463rd BG - 773rd BS - 15th AF

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Object Number - UPL 24323 - B-17G-50-DL #44-6261 463rd BG - 773rd BS - 15th AF

Delivered Hunter 17/6/44; Grenier 26/6/44; Assigned 773BS/463BG Celone 12/7/44; Missing in Action Vienna 13/10/44 with Gale Patterson, Co-pilot: Rudolph Kiss, Navigator: Earl Waricher, Bombardier: Earle Barber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Stilinovich, Radio Operator: Alex Bryant, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur High, Waist gunner: Bill Stefanski, Waist gunner: Tony Rizio, Tail gunner: Harry Howland (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Csurga; Missing Air Crew Report 9204. NEVER SATISFIED.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

463rd Bomb Group

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

People

Nicholas James Adelmann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37582702
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Ball-Turret Gunner

Donald William Armstrong

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 773rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-815633
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Alfred D Richards

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 775th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

Celone

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Savannah, GA, USA 17 June 1944 Hunter Army Airfield

Assigned

Foggia, Province of Foggia, Italy 17 July 1944 463rd BG 773rd BS

Crashed

Csurgó, 8840 Hungary 13 October 1944 Missing in Action Vienna 13/10/44 with Gale Patterson, Co-pilot: Rudolph Kiss, Navigator: Earl Waricher, Bombardier: Earle Barber, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Stilinovich, Radio Operator: Alex Bryant, Ball turret gunner: Wilbur High, Waist gunner: Bill Stefanski, Waist gunner: Tony Rizio,Tail gunner: Harry Howland (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Csurga; Missing Air Crew Report 9204. NEVER SATISFIED.

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a space before the words "Tail gunner" in the A/C “Description” to aid readability.

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

B-17 Flying Fortress Story - Roger Freeman

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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Object number: UPL 24323 - B-17G-50-DL #44-6261 463rd BG - 773rd BS - 15th AF