LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer John Robert Byron PORTER
Service No: 420263
Born: Petersham NSW, 13 July 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1941
Unit: No. 126 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 126 Squadron Spitfire aircraft NH406), Norfolk, 14 September 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Blackpool (Carleton) Cemetery, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Richmond Albert Oscar and Mary Jane Porter, of Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Betty Porter, of Blackpool
Roll of Honour: Strathfield NSW
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1515 hours on 14 September 1944, Spitfire NH406 crashed when landing RAF Station Coltishall. The aircraft hit some obstruction on the east side of the perimeter track, turned over, broke up and caught fire. The aircraft appeared to be landing at too fast and was unable to stop before it hit the obstruction and Flying Officer Porter was killed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/33/221