Flying Officer Edwin Porter 51 Squadron 1943

A tribute of love

And Remembrance to

Robert James Porter

Devoted husband and father

 

Chosen July 26th 1964

Aged 68 years

 

Love illumes and makes bright his face

Smiling at us from the mirror of memory

 

Also his beloved wife

Ellen Elizabeth

A greatly loved mother

December 26th 1989

Aged 92 years

Loved by all the family

 

Re-united with their dear son

Edwin David RAF

October 9th 1943. Aged 22.

 

PORTER, EDWIN DAVID

Rank: Flying Officer

Trade: Air Bomber

Service No: 134075

Date of Death: 09/10/1943

Age: 22

Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Grave Reference : 17. G. 5.

Cemetery : RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

Additional Information:

Son of Robert James Porter and Ellen Elizabeth Porter, of Norwich.

CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2032456/PORTER,%20EDW...

 

8/9 Oct 1943

No.51 Sqn

Halifax II JN885 MH-A

Op:Hannover

 

Took-off 2242 Snaith. Crashed 0110 between the communities of Kieselhorst and Beckeln, 12 km W and 9 km WNW respectively of Bassum. All are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery.

 

158917 P/O (Pilot) Arthur William JAMES RAFVR + (No unit mentioned CWGC)

1451031 Sgt (2nd Pilot) George Henson BROWN RAFVR + (No unit mentioned CWGC)

1503365 Sgt (Flt. Eng.) Frank DAVIES RAFVR + (CWGC quotes unit as 1663 HCU)

1234556 F/Sgt (Nav.) Wallace John PREECE RAFVR + (No unit mentioned CWGC)

134075 F/O (Air Bomber) Edwin David PORTER RAFVR + (No unit mentioned CWGC)

1231276 Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Reginald CROFTS RAFVR + (No unit mentioned CWGC)

1601759 Sgt (Air Gnr.) Douglas William HADLOW RAFVR + (No unit mentined CWGC)

1809652 Sgt (Air. Gnr.) Edward HICKMOTT RAFVR + (No unit mentioned CWGC)

www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?13275-Help-with-...

 

Done