Robert Harsen Portsch

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media-13857.jpeg UPL 13857 Robert Harsen Portsch

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Object Number - UPL 13857 - Robert Harsen Portsch

Killed in Action (KIA). B-17G #44-6570. AC crashed after turning back from mission with No 2 engine smoking. Crew bailed out. Portsch stayed with AC to fly it out to sea, but crashed before reaching coast.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bronx, NY, USA 30 December 1920

Died

14 March 1945

Buried

Clifton, NJ, USA East Ridgelawn Cemetery Clifton Passaic County New Jersey, USA Plot: Section 24, Lot 253, Grave 1 Note: Section 24 coordinates are: GPS (lat/lon): 40.835, -74.144

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Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/PortschCrew.shtml

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