Orrin Fred Frye

Military

Bill flew over 27 missions before being shot down by flak.

he was held as a POW for over a year.

MACR 7107

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Atlantic City, NJ, USA 13 July 1922

Enlisted

Baltimore, MD, USA 9 January 1943

Other

Shot Down

Budapest, Hungary 30 July 1944 POW

Died

Durham, NC, USA 22 June 2017

Revisions

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Sources

Dave Wentzel
Carolinas Aviation Museum