Glen Emerson Potter
Military
Rear L-R: T/Sgt Glen Potter (E), Bennie Burrows (B), Ellis Beymer (N), Stanley Barron Jr (CP), Robert Barraclough (P), T/Sgt Harold Perrine (RO).
Front L-R: S/Sgt's Virgil Brockel (BTG), Elmer Rylander (NTG), Paul Romeo (TTG), Gordon Manveg (TG).
Object Number - UPL 56686 - Barraclough crew, 490BG Rear L-R: T/Sgt Glen Potter (E), Bennie Burrows (B), Ellis Beymer (N), Stanley Barron Jr (CP), Robert Barraclough (P),...
Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Barraclough crew. Completed 35 x combat missions.
Completed missions on 21-Feb-45. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13030849 / O-789124
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Waldron, Kansas | 29 September 1922 | Son of Claude A. and Opal [Finuf] Potter. |
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Died |
Wichita, KS | 1 July 1991 | Glen E. Potter, 68, a resident of Winield, died Wednesday, July 17, 1991, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. He was Born at Waldron, Kans., Sept. 29, 1922. a son of Claude A. and Opal (Finuf) Potter. He had been in supervision and program management with Boeing in Wichita before his retirement. He attended the Central Baptist Church in Winfield and was a member o the Veterans of Foreign Wars. On Oct. 5, 1941, he married Grace Dutrow in Fredonia and she survives at the home. Other survivors are three sons; two daughters; two brothers; one sister; and six grand children. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 20, at the Central Baptist Church in Winfield. Rev. Gerald Graber and Rev. Fred Garvin will officiate. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery in Winfield. |
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Buried |
Highland Cemetery Winfield, Cowley County, KS | 20 July 1991 | Highland Cemetery Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas |
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Based |
Eye | Assigned to 851BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / daughter
