Ellis O Porter
MilitaryShot down near Hamburg on 6/20/44 in B-17 #4297250 Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. He was shot down on his first mission flying with Derrill L. Latham.
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
30 August 1978 | ||
Born |
Providence, Rhode Island, USA | ||
Buried |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 20 June 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5987 / MACR 5987, First Over Germany pg. 256 & 262 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database