LAN NE167 startede fra RAF Coningsby 16. august 1944 på minelægningstogt og blev skudt ned over Østersøen omkring her nær Swinemünde.

Se LAN NE167 med mange detaljer om operationen og nedskydningen.

Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) Jack Douglas Wells, 29 år, var søn af John Douglas og Rose Wells; gift med Linda Wells, Penygarn, Pontypool, Monmouthshire,
United Kingdom. Han er begravet på Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery i Polen. (Kilde: CWGC)

"Operationen medførte lukning af kanalen i flere uger, og Porters dygtige ledelse af mineringen medførte en post mortem tildeling af en Bar til hans allerede i live tildelte Distinguished Flying Cross." (FT 87-94-8) 8 flyvere.

On 16 August 1944 LAN NE167 took off from RAF Coningsby on a minelaying mission and was shot down over the Baltic Sea about here near Swinemünde.

See LAN NE167 with many details about the operation and the shooting down.

Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) Jack Douglas Wells, 29, was the son of John Douglas and Rose Wells, and the husband of Linda Wells, of Penygarn, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. He rests in Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery in POLAND. (Source: CWGC)

"The operation caused closure of the channel for several weeks, and Porter´s clever stewardship of the minelaying resulted in a post mortem award of a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross he had been awarded earlier."(FT 87-94-8)

See Bomber Command No. 97 Squadron and 97 Squadron Association. This Lancaster took off from RAF Coningsby.

See Lancaster Photos and RAF Coningsby at RAF-Lincolnshire-info and the present RAF Coningsby. Lost Bombers has this.  8 airmen.