(F. Birtciel)
1/Lt. Paul R. Porter
(F. Birtciel)
1/Lt. Paul R. Porter
343rd FS 14 June 1944 - 06 November 1944 (Killed in Action)
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P-51D CY-K 44-13874 "June Bug II" |
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| Score Detail | 05 September 1944 (2)He-111 damaged (ground) Stuttgart/Echterdingen | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Entered service from Los Angeles, California. ASN - O-760385 14 June 1944 - Joined the 343rd Fighter Squadron August 1944 - Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to 1st Lieutenant 17 September 1944 - Ditched in English Channel and rescued 06 November 1944 - Killed in Action Bailed out of aeroplane, after engine caught fire, approximately 40 miles at sea from Great Yarmouth. Attempts by 55th FG pilots and also P-47 Air Sea Rescue pilots failed to locate Lt. Porter. MACR No.10439 Lt. Porter had previously ditched in the English Channel on 17 September 1944. Lt. Porter's name is on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Military Cemetery, Coton, Cambridge, England. Awarded the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart. |
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