Serviceman

Seymour L Potter

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

37222209

Rank

SSGT (14 June 1944), SSGT (30 June 1944), SSGT (31 July 1944), S/Sgt (5 September 1944)

Hometown

INDEPENDENCE MO; Independence MO

Also written

Seymour Potter

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 81, 202

Sources

483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Crews

• John Jay Gorman Commanding Officer · 817th
• Hugh M. Rowe, Jr. Crew · 817th

Missions placed on him

• mission 2, 13 April 1944 · Brod · Listed with the Hugh M. Rowe, Jr. crew, which flew it per its history (p. 202); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 13, 6 May 1944 · Turnu Severin · Listed with the Hugh M. Rowe, Jr. crew, which flew it per its history (p. 202); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 14, 7 May 1944 · Pancevo · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 23, 24 May 1944 · Avisio · Listed with the Hugh M. Rowe, Jr. crew, which flew it per its history (p. 202); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 28, 2 June 1944 · Debrecen · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 29, 6 June 1944 · Galati · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 30, 11 June 1944 · Focsani · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded
• mission 102, 7 October 1944 · Nové Zámky · Listed with the Hugh M. Rowe, Jr. crew, which flew it per its history (p. 202); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

2 entries, first 12 February 1944, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

• 1944-02-12 HQ: S/SgtyTa
• 1944-09-05 817th: Transferred to Repl Depot # 7 APO 520 OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT IST LT

National Archives pages: roll 463205991 p. 718, roll 570165454 p. 467