William Joseph Bermande

Military

Assigned to 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen 18-May-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6975.



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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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: 20135506 / O-803820
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Connecticut, USA 9 July 1907 Son of Rose Hurwitz Gordon.

Enlisted

Hartford, CT 16 January 1943

Died

Memmingen, Germany 18 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen 18-May-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6975.

Buried

Buchenburg, Germany 19 May 1944 Interred Buchenburg, Germany

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St Louis, MO Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO

Based

Sterparone 18 May 1944 Assigned to 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF.