Potts, Douglas Errington
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Douglas Errington |
Surname | Potts |
Gender | M |
Age | 25 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Guy and Elizabeth Ellen Potts, of Sunderland, Co. Durham. Husband of Patricia Nora Potts, of Sunderland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB118 |
Markings | OL-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 18. G. 7-10. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL, HIS LIFE. NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 86 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1149021 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/687/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/687/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-09-1943 |
End Date | 06-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (34% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim |
Reason for Loss | Cause of loss not established |