1944 USAAF 452nd BG 728th BS 2 Photos B - 17 Airplane Water Landing Raft Training?
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Photo I just removed from USAAF Joseph Ortega 1943 -1950s photo album. During WWII he was with 452nd BG, 728th BS B-17 Bomber crew out of Deopham Green Airfield, England. They were at one point in Quonset hut Barracks Number 129.
I very short 15 minute research confirms S/Sgt Ortega listed on 452nd websites. More research is needed. There is a photo of his ID'd crew which should help with research. He was the Ball Tur...ret Gunner.
From and ID'd crew photo
1. Bombardier : 1st Lt. Cote
2. Navigator: 1st Lt. Thomsen
3. Pilot : 1st Lt. Bonds
4. Co-Pilot: 1st Lt. McCord
5. Top Turret Gunner: T/S Rayburn Hull
6. Radio Operator/Gunner: T/S Bob Judnick
7. Ball Turret Gunner: Me S/S Ortega
8. Right Waist Gunner: S/S Jack Radabaugh
9. Left Waist Gunner: S/S Paul Blanchard
10. Tail Gunner: S/S Ed Zisler
photos were in one of the early 1960's made in Japan magnetic photo albums so have the yellow lines on the backs of photos. Many of the photos were cropped and have info typed, censor stamps or written on back.
After the war he either stayed in or signed back up later for the Army. There are photos of him in Germany in the early 1950s where he is a MP.
SEE Size in the condition box above. If anything on back I will have a pic of back in the listing. I sell worldwide
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