Robert Potters

Military

Flew 36 missions. Planes were 'Blood N Guts' & 'Rugged But Right'



Air Medal w 3/Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-6931

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ragged But Right
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron

44-8324

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gypsie, Blood N Guts

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York 1 April 1920

Died

2 July 1999

Buried

Ketchum, Idaho

Revisions

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ContributorRayWells
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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / family