Porter, Kenneth Stanley
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Kenneth Stanley |
Surname | Porter |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Date of Death | 02-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Percy George and Muriel Gladys Porter, of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Exhibitioner of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Scholar For The Year 1941-42. Wrangler 1942. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PB848 |
Markings | CA-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. F. 6. |
Epitaph | WRANGLER 1942 "SCHOLAR FOR THE YEAR" HAVING GREAT GIFTS HE GAVE GLADLY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 86 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 153892 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 189 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Channel Islands |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1152/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1152/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-02-1945 |
End Date | 03-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Fulbeck |
Day/Night Raid | Night (72% moon) |
Operation | Karlsruhe |
Reason for Loss | Possibly exploded after being hit by flak on second bomb run and with full bomb load. |