Martin Stephen Orsan

Military
media-43656.png UPL 43656 L to R: John F. Scott (CP), Lawrence Barrell (N), George C. Montgomery (P), Martin S. Orsan (B)
George Montgomery Crew
388th BG - 560th BS

Object Number - UPL 43656 - L to R: John F. Scott (CP), Lawrence Barrell (N), George C. Montgomery (P), Martin S. Orsan (B) George Montgomery Crew 388th BG - 560th BS

May have transferred to the 490th BG.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747464
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blind Date
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 388th Bomb Group with their Cletrac and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30851) nicknamed "Little Boy Blue". Image via B Cook. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17F-125-BO "Little Boy Blue" 560th BS, 388th BG, s/n 42-30851. Lost in mid-air 7-19-44.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Boy Blue
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, IL 23 September 1918

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 7 March 1941

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall Airfield, UK 20 March 1944 - 19 May 1944 210 combat missions

Died

20 August 1991

Buried

Chicago, IL 23 August 1991 Montrose Cemetery Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Revisions

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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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