Potter, James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | James |
Surname | Potter |
Gender | M |
Age | 18 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Arthur and Eleanor Margaret Potter, of Birkenshaw, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL894 |
Markings | CF-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 236. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 86 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1676178 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 625 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside Location, Kelstern, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 625 Sqn, RAF Kelstern October 1943 to April 1945 |
Location | St. Faiths Church. Kelstern, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden case |
Memorial Text | 625 Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2145/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2143/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-05-1944 |
End Date | 16-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Kelstern |
Day/Night Raid | Night (44% moon) |
Operation | Mine laying, Kiel Bay |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been shot down by a night fighter flown by Hauptmann Franz Buschmann of Stab IV./ NJG 3 at 01:53 hours and crashed into the North Sea 60 kilometres WNW of Westerland/Sylt, killing the whole crew. |