Albert Francis Porta
MilitaryPrisoner of War. Crashed on 11/2/44 near Emseloh in B-17 'Lady Margaret' 43-37782
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-764075
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lady Katherine/Lady Margaret
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Spokane, Washington, USA | 19 February 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Spokane, Washington | 3 February 1943 | Geiger Field |
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Other POW |
Zagan, Poland (formerly Sagan, Germany) | 5 November 1944 | Stalag Luft III |
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Died |
9 May 2013 | ||
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Other Shot Down |
Emseloh, Germany | 2 November 1944 | Plane s/n 43-37782, 750th Squadron, named "Lady Margaret / Lady Katherine," and piloted by Lt William J. Murdock, was hit by 20 mm shells and lost engine #3 which immediately burst into flames. The fire quickly spread to the radio room and in seconds the plane exploded. Six crew members survived and three were killed. |
Revisions
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=315472&…
http://www.457thbombgroup.org/fate/rlf081.html
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?dt=466&sc=1167…
466th BG Archives - Operations Orders No. 130 - Grenier Field, Manchester, NH - 20 July 1944
Merged with duplicate record to include information from :
1993 457th BGA Roster ;
MACR 10319;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
MACR 10156 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database