Wallace Abbo Portouw
Military
Comparing this photo with Wally Portouw's Oakland High School yearbook photo: http://ohsmemorial.com/OHS/1943Wall.htm
Object Number - FRE 6776 - An airman of the 489th Bomb Group relaxes inside the crew barracks. Image via W Portouw. This could be Wally Portouw himself.
Wally Portouw served as a mechanic with the 489th Bomb Group at Halesworth, England. He took many colour photos of life on base, which he later shared with historian of the 8th Air Force, Roger Freeman.
Connections
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Portland, OR, USA | 22 February 1925 | |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, CA, USA | 20 April 1943 | |
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Died |
Colorado Springs, CO, USA | 27 January 1998 | |
| Alameda County, CA, USA | |||
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Buried |
Portland, OR, USA | At Riverview Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory | |
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Other Graduated from Oakland High School |
1023 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94610, USA |
Revisions
Charles H. Freundenthal Photo Collection / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf…
489th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
