Porritt, Leonard Haig
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Leonard Haig |
Surname | Porritt |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas Fredrick Rowden Porritt and Maud Isabell Porritt. Husband of Mavis Evon Porritt, of Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM338 |
Markings | PO-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Courgent Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 7. |
Epitaph | LOVED AND REMEMBERED, LONGED FOR ALWAYS |
Ribbon Stone | 0216 (Block 3, Column 12, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 86 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 419481 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 467 (Australian) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour remembering all 467 (RAAF) Sqn personnel who failed to return from Ops at RAF Bottesford |
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock & Internal inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Clock and inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1977/1 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1931/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-07-1944 |
End Date | 08-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (96% moon) |
Operation | St. Leu |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Courgent (Yvelines), 12 km SSW from Mantes- la-Jolie. |