Potter, Jack
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Jack |
Surname | Potter |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Alfred and Josephine E. Potter, of Birkenshaw, Yorkshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P5330 |
Markings | PT-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Assens (Fyn) New Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sp. Mem. |
Epitaph | ALWAYS REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 86 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1288649 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | 54 Å Strandve, Ebberup, Fyn Islands Provincer |
Country | Denmark |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone |
Memorial Text | Her falot 3 Engelske flyvere 25/4/1942. For frihed og ret |
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/13698 (P368145/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-04-1942 |
End Date | 25-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (62% moon) |
Operation | Rostock |
Reason for Loss | Shot down (claimed by Luftwaffe night fighter and by a Kreigsmarine flak-ship) and crashed at Sonderby Bjerge on the island of Fyn, Denmark |