Richard E Porter
MilitaryAssigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator', Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34421576
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20302487
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34331971
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670730
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-521124
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Exterminator
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Baltimore, MD, USA | 23 January 1943 | Enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 23 January 1943. |
Died |
Lathen, Germany | 28 July 1943 | Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-30150 'Exterminator' Killed in Action (KIA). |
Born |
New York, NY, USA | Son of Ralph E and Florence A Porter. | |
Anne Arundel County, MD, USA | |||
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing. Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands. | |
Based |
Horham | 28 July 1943 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/529877183/american-battle-monuments-commis…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56302808/richard-e-porter
Removed # from A/C serial No to aid clarity and consistency
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" andin the Died event description section to aid clarity & consistency.
I am the Great Nephew of Sgt. Richard Porter. I am working on uploading a photo, but the one I have is a grainy picture from a newspaper.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 214 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database