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name
PORTER, Richard Earl - Date of
birth
4 April 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Cuyler, Cortland County, New York -
Hometown
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33552422 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 July 1944 - Place of
death
Near Lathen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Ralph E. Porter (father)
Florence A. Porter (mother)
Ronald Porter (brother)
Robert Porter (brother)
Raymond Porter (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30150 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Exterminator
Destination: Oschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Ago / Focke-Wulf - aircraft industry
MACR: 214
More information
Sgt Richard E. Porter worked at the Annapolis Yacht Yard, where transportation equipment was built.He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 23 January 1943.
The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft and exploded. According to witnesses, one parachute was seen to open.
The entire crew of ten was killed and is remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. Their remains were never found.
The mission took place on 28 July 1943.
The entire crew was officially declared dead one year and one day later.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, Andrew Porter, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / 1930 census / 1940 census, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Andrew Porter