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POTTS, John

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax V
Serial Number LK632
Markings SE-M
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 20. B. 6..
Epitaph REQUIESCAT IN PACE. FOR KING, COUNTRY & US. HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 227
Enlistment information
Service Number 151236
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 6
Squadron 431 (Iroquois)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 18-11-1943
End Date 19-11-1943
Takeoff Station Tholthorpe
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Mannheim. 395 aircraft, 23 losses (5.8%). This was one of the larger diversionary raids and accounts for the high losses. By comparison, the main raid (On Berlin) registered 2.0% losses. There was cloud cover over the target and bombing was scattered as a result. Most of the damage fell to the north of the town, where the Daimler Benz car plant suffered a 90% loss in production as a result. 21 deaths on the ground and 7500 people were bombed out.
Reason for Loss Crashed at Hohen-Sülzen, WSW of Worms, Germany