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42-29856 Patches

media-19659.jpeg UPL 19659 'Dramatic photograph of a stricken B-17 bomber with a crew member bailing out. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Raymond J. Scranton, and one of the waist gunners, S/Sgt. Horace E. Stewart,Jr., were KIA. The remainder of the crew became POWs'.
B-17F 42-29856 'Patches' 815th BS, 483rd BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Object Number - UPL 19659 - 'Dramatic photograph of a stricken B-17 bomber with a crew member bailing out. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Raymond J. Scranton, and one of the waist gunners,...

Delivered Denver 27/2/43; Smoky Hill 22/3/43; Tinker 9/4/43; Nashville 13/4/43; Morrison 18/4/43; Assigned 346BS/99BG Navarin 5/5/43; Oudna 4/8/43; Tortorella 11/12/43; transferred 815BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Missing in Action Weiner Neustadt 10/5/44 with Ray Scranton, Stewart (2 Killed in Action); Ewing, Moyer, Schooler, Mays, kempf, O’Donnell, Torres, Stork (8 Prisoner of War); flak hit, crashed Wiener Neustadt, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4846. PATCHES.

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Units served with

346th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

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

815th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

99th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Donald R Ewing

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14103097 / O-759207
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

William Arthur Hunnewell

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Unit: 5th Bomb Wing 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

John P Kempf

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15341017
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

William Gail Mays

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 34721394
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Gunner

William K Moyer

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 16082705 / O-702478
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Places

Tortorella

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Delivered	Denver, CO, USA	27 February 1943	Delivered to USAAF.
Assigned	Oudna، Tunisia	5 May 1943	Assigned to 346BS, 99BG, 15AF USAAF.
Other Transferred	84030 Tortorella SA, Italy	31 March 1944	Transferred to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.
Crashed	Wiener Neustadt, Austria	10 May 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) Weiner Neustadt flak hit, lost two engines and trailing fuel, crew baled out before aircraft exploded. 8 (POW) 2 (KIA). 10-May-44. MACR 4836.
Manufactured	Burbank, CA, USA		Built at Boeing.