Joseph Brevard Potts III

Military

Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Member of Fred Seals crew.





Awards: AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

Fred Clifford Seals

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18073060 / O-555645
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bryan,OK 10 February 1914

Enlisted

3 February 1940

Died

27 March 2001

Buried

Rose Hill Cemetery Calera, Bryan County, OK Rose Hill Cemetery Calera, Bryan County, Oklahoma

Based

Eye Assigned to 849BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/record/83172951/j-b-potts-jr-wwii-army-enlistment…
https://www.fold3.com/record/703938319/blank-us-wwii-hospital-admission…
http://combataircrew.org/PDF/Fred%20C.%20Seals,%20Pilot.pdf
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77351720/joseph-brevard-potts

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "B" from the first name field to the middle field.
Flagged as a "NAME_ISSUE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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ContributorAAM
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490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia