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SGT Merle Bernard Porter

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SGT Merle Bernard Porter

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
24 Nov 1944 (aged 26)
Walker County, Texas, USA
Burial
Enfield, White County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Instructor Sergeant, Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan #41-27522 flew to Lake Charles Army Airfield, Louisiana on an instructional flight. While returning to base at Bryan, Texas, the aircrew encountered instrument flying conditions. Then the starboard motor quit, and the pilot trimmed the airplane for single engine operation and dove to a lower elevation. Encountering heavy rain, the remaining motor quit and the pilot called for the crew to bail out. Only one airman successfully parachuted out and survived before the airplane went into a dive and crashed, eight miles west of Trinity, Texas.

Killed were:

Capt Ray S Thompson, Pilot
Sgt Irving G Masin, Instructor
SSgt Paul J Munsch
CPL Orlo D Anderson
Sgt Merle B Porter
Pvt Floyd E Realph
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Entered the service from Illinois; Service ID: 36038392.
Enlisted at Chicago, IL, June 19, 1941.
Instructor Sergeant, Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan #41-27522 flew to Lake Charles Army Airfield, Louisiana on an instructional flight. While returning to base at Bryan, Texas, the aircrew encountered instrument flying conditions. Then the starboard motor quit, and the pilot trimmed the airplane for single engine operation and dove to a lower elevation. Encountering heavy rain, the remaining motor quit and the pilot called for the crew to bail out. Only one airman successfully parachuted out and survived before the airplane went into a dive and crashed, eight miles west of Trinity, Texas.

Killed were:

Capt Ray S Thompson, Pilot
Sgt Irving G Masin, Instructor
SSgt Paul J Munsch
CPL Orlo D Anderson
Sgt Merle B Porter
Pvt Floyd E Realph
~
Entered the service from Illinois; Service ID: 36038392.
Enlisted at Chicago, IL, June 19, 1941.

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SGT, US ARMY
WORLD WAR II

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  • Maintained by: ShaneO
  • Originally Created by: Bill
  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67257766/merle_bernard-porter: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Merle Bernard Porter (23 Oct 1918–24 Nov 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67257766, citing Enfield Cemetery, Enfield, White County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).