Robert Harsen Portsch
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Robert Harsen Portsch
Find A Grave Memorial# 82231246
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Memorial
- Known as: Ribblesdale
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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Sources
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