George N Porterfield
MilitaryScheduled to fly on an operational mission 6 November 1944 he experienced a power failure on take-off and the aircraft crashed into a shallow drainage ditch off the runway.
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- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
![The lounge of the Officers Club at Raydon air base. When the 353rd Fighter Group were stationed there, it was known as "The Auger Inn".](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-377050.jpg?itok=ya7UWjgh)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
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