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209207 Sgt. Alec Porter Royal Air Force 9 Squadron from:Carlisle (d.22nd May 1944) My uncle Alec Porter was, I think, bomb aimer on Lancaster DV395 code letters WSV on a bombing mission over Duisberg on the night of 21/22 May 1944 & was missing presumed killed. He was 20 years old. He trained in Canada originally as a pilot but failed a medical. I'm not sure if he was a bomb aimer or navigator. M. Jakeman Add to this record.  Additional Information: 9 Squadron Lancaster III DV395 WS-T Duisburg Took off from RAF Bardney Lost without trace. There a number of possible claims for this aircraft. Oblt Friedrich Tober 8/NJG 2 - North West of Rotterdam: 4,000m at 01:52. Oblt Fritz Lau 4/NJG1 - WNW Rotterdam: 5,000m at 02:02. Maj Hans Karlewski 2/NJG1 - Sea 5-10 West of Hook of Holland (JJ 1)- 4,500m at 02:12. Fw Johann Trenke 6/KG51 - Sea North West North Norwich (0489: 1,200m at 03:05./20km WNW King’s Lynn 0317): 800m at 03:14/15km North East King’s Lynn (0324): 800m at 03:22. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Crew Pilot: 1317111 Flt Sgt Raymond Summers Cornelius - Runnymede Memorial Panel 216. Flight Engineer: 1891957 Sgt Frederick Frank Violett - Runnymede Memorial Panel 239. Navigator: 1386450 Flt Sgt James Leslie Gledhill - Runnymede Memorial Panel 218. Bomb Aimer: 1098275 Sgt Alexander Porter - Runnymede Memorial Panel 236. Wireless Operator: 1510807 Sgt Leslie Frank Chappell - Runnymede Memorial Panel 226. Mid Upper Gunner: 1592514 Sgt Ralph James Hawksworth - Runnymede Memorial Panel 231. Rear Gunner: 1593190 Sgt Joseph Marshall - Runnymede Memorial Panel 234. John Jones Reply Related Content: RAF Bardney No . 9 Squadron Royal Air Force Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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