Porter Britton Hyght

Military
media-44409.jpeg UPL 44409 Garland B. Lloyd Crew
95th BG - 334th BS

Standing Left to Right: Garland B. Lloyd (P), Willys P. Jones (CP), Elton Skinner (N), Russell Allman (B)

Kneeling Left to Right: Marion Gilmore (FE), George R. Robinson (LWG), John Janssen (R/O), Porter B. Hyght (RWG), Victor P. Valek (TG), Ralph P. Rice (BTG)

The crew flew 22 missions and were shot down on 6 March 1944

Object Number - UPL 44409 - Garland B. Lloyd Crew 95th BG - 334th BS Standing Left to Right: Garland B. Lloyd (P), Willys P. Jones (CP), Elton Skinner (N), Russell Allman...

Damaged by fighter attacks on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31299 'Junior' maintained formation until finally crashing NW of Beilen, Holland after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803103
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: She's My Gal II aka Junior
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

21 May 1914

Other

POW

15 March 1944 Stalag Luft IV

Other

95th BG Combat Tour

13 December 1944 - 6 March 1944 23 Combat Missions

Died

25 January 1994

Buried

28 January 1994 Forest Crest Cemetery Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, US

Other

Shot Down/Captured

6 March 1944

Enlisted

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2999 / MACR 2999, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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