He was the son of Joseph and Eva May Porter, of lpswich, Queensland, Australia; husband of Audra Pearl Porter, of North Ipswich. He was a Flight Sergeant, in the Royal Australian Air Force. Service Number: 435625. He died aged 29 yrs.
Lost in aircraft Wellington BX LN166 of 30 OTU Hixon. Broke-up in flight, crashed at Burtons Lane, Eccleshall, St.
Casualties:
Sergeant Malcolm Fraser MACLEAN (1567034) Pilot; buried Inverness (Tomnahurich) Cemetery [Ref: Sec. D. Class 2. Grave 72.]
Sergeant Leonard Tom MEADOWS (412215) Air Gunner; buried Stafford Cemetery [Ref: Plot G. New portion. Grave 10.]
Sergeant Eric Stuart PARRETT (1874893) Wireless Op; buried Saffron Walden Cemetery [Ref: Compt. 53. Grave 25.]
Flight Sergeant Leonard John PORTER (435625); buried Chester (Blacon) Cemetery [Ref: Sec. A. Grave 99.]
Sergeant Clifton WADE (1593397) Air Gunner; buried Heighington (St. Michael) Churchyard [Ref: Grave 186.]
Sergeant John Selby WRIGHT (1581990) Air Bomber; buried Newcastle-Under-Lyme (Silverdale) Cemetery [Ref: Grave 846.]
Lost in aircraft Wellington BX LN166 of 30 OTU Hixon. Broke-up in flight, crashed at Burtons Lane, Eccleshall, St.
Casualties:
Sergeant Malcolm Fraser MACLEAN (1567034) Pilot; buried Inverness (Tomnahurich) Cemetery [Ref: Sec. D. Class 2. Grave 72.]
Sergeant Leonard Tom MEADOWS (412215) Air Gunner; buried Stafford Cemetery [Ref: Plot G. New portion. Grave 10.]
Sergeant Eric Stuart PARRETT (1874893) Wireless Op; buried Saffron Walden Cemetery [Ref: Compt. 53. Grave 25.]
Flight Sergeant Leonard John PORTER (435625); buried Chester (Blacon) Cemetery [Ref: Sec. A. Grave 99.]
Sergeant Clifton WADE (1593397) Air Gunner; buried Heighington (St. Michael) Churchyard [Ref: Grave 186.]
Sergeant John Selby WRIGHT (1581990) Air Bomber; buried Newcastle-Under-Lyme (Silverdale) Cemetery [Ref: Grave 846.]
He was the son of Joseph and Eva May Porter, of lpswich, Queensland, Australia; husband of Audra Pearl Porter, of North Ipswich. He was a Flight Sergeant, in the Royal Australian Air Force. Service Number: 435625. He died aged 29 yrs.
Lost in aircraft Wellington BX LN166 of 30 OTU Hixon. Broke-up in flight, crashed at Burtons Lane, Eccleshall, St.
Casualties:
Sergeant Malcolm Fraser MACLEAN (1567034) Pilot; buried Inverness (Tomnahurich) Cemetery [Ref: Sec. D. Class 2. Grave 72.]
Sergeant Leonard Tom MEADOWS (412215) Air Gunner; buried Stafford Cemetery [Ref: Plot G. New portion. Grave 10.]
Sergeant Eric Stuart PARRETT (1874893) Wireless Op; buried Saffron Walden Cemetery [Ref: Compt. 53. Grave 25.]
Flight Sergeant Leonard John PORTER (435625); buried Chester (Blacon) Cemetery [Ref: Sec. A. Grave 99.]
Sergeant Clifton WADE (1593397) Air Gunner; buried Heighington (St. Michael) Churchyard [Ref: Grave 186.]
Sergeant John Selby WRIGHT (1581990) Air Bomber; buried Newcastle-Under-Lyme (Silverdale) Cemetery [Ref: Grave 846.]
Lost in aircraft Wellington BX LN166 of 30 OTU Hixon. Broke-up in flight, crashed at Burtons Lane, Eccleshall, St.
Casualties:
Sergeant Malcolm Fraser MACLEAN (1567034) Pilot; buried Inverness (Tomnahurich) Cemetery [Ref: Sec. D. Class 2. Grave 72.]
Sergeant Leonard Tom MEADOWS (412215) Air Gunner; buried Stafford Cemetery [Ref: Plot G. New portion. Grave 10.]
Sergeant Eric Stuart PARRETT (1874893) Wireless Op; buried Saffron Walden Cemetery [Ref: Compt. 53. Grave 25.]
Flight Sergeant Leonard John PORTER (435625); buried Chester (Blacon) Cemetery [Ref: Sec. A. Grave 99.]
Sergeant Clifton WADE (1593397) Air Gunner; buried Heighington (St. Michael) Churchyard [Ref: Grave 186.]
Sergeant John Selby WRIGHT (1581990) Air Bomber; buried Newcastle-Under-Lyme (Silverdale) Cemetery [Ref: Grave 846.]
Inscription
435625 Flight Sergeant
L. J. PORTER
Royal Australian Air Force
8th January 1945 Age 29
Loved In Life,
Honoured In Death
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Staffordshire, England, Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes, 1837-2017
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Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945
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