Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 24 Jun 1944

Clarence R. Porter.

Co-Pilot · Of 1943 South Broadway, Denver, Colorado, CO.

The Man Behind the Name

§ Biography

Lt. Col. Clarence R. Porter was aboard B-24J 42-100294 as acting commander on the 24 June 1944 mission to Dreux Airdrome, France.

Porter was reported as either unconscious or dead in the aircraft at the time of the explosion. He was reported buried by French civilians approximately 20 kilometers south of Dreux, France, per information from a French priest.

German capture records and the E&E report both confirm Porter as killed. His next of kin was his wife, Mrs. K. M. Porter, 1943 South Broadway, Denver, Colorado.

Service record.

§ As Catalogued
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Position
Co-Pilot
Serial Number
O-412876
Hometown
1943 South Broadway, Denver, Colorado, CO

Missions flown.

3 catalogued · 24 Jun 1944 — 24 Jun 1944

The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.

Interment.

§ At Rest
Cemetery
Normandy American Cemetery
Location
D 11 32

Sources.

§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1944
Official record