43-38333 Heavy Date

media-45271.jpeg UPL 45271 B-17G-85-B) #43-38333 "Heavy Date" Code: ET-S (upper right)
95th BG - 336th BS 95th Bomb Group collection

Object Number - UPL 45271 - B-17G-85-B) #43-38333 "Heavy Date" Code: ET-S (upper right) 95th BG - 336th BS

Delivered Cheyenne 22/7/44; Kearney 31/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Horham 12/8/44; with C.E. Willis force landed A-82 Rouvres, Fr 20/2/45; 73m, crash landed base with ?, non op 6/5/45; ditched North Sea with Roger Sundin 26/5/45. HEAVY DATE.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16149430
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
Lt. Richard Warren Portmann
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 2066037
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator; Radar
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33653313
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Togglier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38293103
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

  • Date: 19 March 1945
  • Official Description:
  • Date: 15 February 1945
  • Date: 14 February 1945
  • Official Description:
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'
  • Date: 9 February 1945
  • Date: 6 February 1945

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

22 July 1944

Assigned

12 August 1944 95BG 336BS

Crashed

26 June 1945 Ditched with the Roger Sundin crew on a "Cooks Tour" flight

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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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