43-38617 New York Express

media-44443.jpeg UPL 44443 B-17G-90-BO #43-38617 New York Express Code: ET-Q
95th BG - 336th BS

Object Number - UPL 44443 - B-17G-90-BO #43-38617 New York Express Code: ET-Q 95th BG - 336th BS

Delivered Cheyenne 24/8/44; Hunter 7/9/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-Q] Horham 19/9/44; with W.N. Dunwoody force landed Raydon afb, Suffolk 10/1/45; 80m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 28/6/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 24/11/45.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-26027
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
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 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

  • Date: 17 January 1945
  • Date: 10 January 1945
  • Date: 3 January 1945
  • Date: 2 January 1945
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5725) nicknamed "This is IT!" of the 381st Bomb Group opens her bomb bay doors during a mission.
  • Date: 30 December 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne, WY 24 August 1944

Assigned

Horham Airfield, UK 19 September 1944 95BG 336BS ET-Q

Other

1st Combat Mission

Bielefeld, Germany 30 September 1944

Other

Force Landed

Raydon Airfield, UK 10 January 1945

Other

Final Combat Mission

Pointe De Grave, France 16 April 1945 78 Combat Missions

Revisions

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log

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