Porter, Cornelius James
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Cornelius James |
Surname | Porter |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-05-1942 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3840 |
Markings | VR-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | AIII. 11. 5. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 227 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/6667 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-05-1942 |
End Date | 09-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Warnemunde |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been hit by flak which killed P/O Porter, the aircraft ditching off the Danish coast |