Name | Potter, Richard Selstrom |
Rank | Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant |
Serial Number | O-718416 |
Unit Assignments |
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Duty | Navigator |
MOS | 1034 - Navigator |
Last Duty Date | 23 February 1945 |
Results | Completed Tour, Returned to USA |
Additional Information |
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CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Olson, Edgar Douglas⇗ | Pilot | TR |
2nd Lt. Clishem, James Edward⇗ | Co-pilot | CT |
2nd Lt. Potter, Richard Selstrom | Navigator | CT |
2nd Lt. Wiet, Harry⇗ | Bombardier | TR |
CPL. Nash, Philip A⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | TR |
SGT. Gaughan, James Gerard⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | TR |
CPL. Schroyer, Jack Lynn⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
SGT. Blose, Blair M⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
SGT. Hendrickson, Frank Jerry⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
CPL. Pantazis, Peter Thomas⇗ | Flexible Gunner | TR |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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186⇗ | 30 August 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Crepieul, France |
Navigator | 42‑32106⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
189⇗ | 8 September 1944 |
Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6109⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
193⇗ | 12 September 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Brüx, Czechoslovakia |
Navigator | 44‑6294⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
196⇗ | 19 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; high Squadron. Sortie Report⇗ |
197⇗ | 21 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
198⇗ | 25 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑37971⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit B wing, low group. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
199⇗ | 26 September 1944 |
Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97309⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
200⇗ | 27 September 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97521⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
201⇗ | 28 September 1944 |
Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑107148⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
202⇗ | 30 September 1944 |
Target: Handorf Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Münster, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97521⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
203⇗ | 2 October 1944 |
Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102430⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron flying spare. Filled in. Sortie Report⇗ |
204⇗ | 3 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97521⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
206⇗ | 6 October 1944 |
Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland |
Navigator | 42‑97521⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined A group. Sortie Report⇗ |
207⇗ | 7 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑37917⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
212⇗ | 17 October 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8007⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
216⇗ | 30 October 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8007⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
228⇗ | 23 November 1944 |
Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑6109⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
229⇗ | 25 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8409⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Landed away at AAF Bovingdon, Station 112, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗ |
231⇗ | 27 November 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38823⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
232⇗ | 29 November 1944 |
Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38823⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
233⇗ | 30 November 1944 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102518⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
236⇗ | 6 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102518⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
237⇗ | 9 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany |
Navigator | 42‑31484⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑102518. Sortie Report⇗ |
238⇗ | 11 December 1944 |
Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97271⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
239⇗ | 12 December 1944 |
Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑97271⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
241⇗ | 19 December 1944 |
Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑102518⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Low Squadron hot camera ship. Did not take off due to weather which deteriorated after lead aircraft took off. Sortie Report⇗ |
243⇗ | 24 December 1944 |
Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8221⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41C Group Lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
246⇗ | 30 December 1944 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38678⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
253⇗ | 8 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38678⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗ |
260⇗ | 23 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany |
Navigator | 43‑38678⇗ |
Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Low Squadron deputy; did not take off. Sortie Report⇗ |
261⇗ | 28 January 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany |
Navigator | 42‑107125⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Group deputy; Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
266⇗ | 14 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8007⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
267⇗ | 15 February 1945 |
Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8007⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. PFF and Gee-H ship. Only aircraft to land at Grafton Underwood after the mission. Sortie Report⇗ |
270⇗ | 21 February 1945 |
Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8008⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Wing deputy; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
271⇗ | 22 February 1945 |
Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany |
Navigator | 44‑8008⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗ |