James E Fannon

Military

Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen in B-17G 44-6177 'Dry Run' 18-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7099



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19047877 / O-689420
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

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

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Maries County, MO 28 September 1923 Son of William H and Hattie Victoria [Daniels] Fannon.

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, MO 20 January 1943

Other

Baled out POW

Vicinity of Memmingen, Germany 18 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen in B-17G 44-6177 'Dry Run' 18-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; POW. MACR 7099

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 18 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Saint Louis, MO 7 May 1989

Buried

Oak Grove Cemetery, Bel-Nor, MO 12 May 1989 Oak Grove Cemetery Bel-Nor, St. Louis County, MO

Based

Sterparone 18 July 1944 Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.