Potter, William Duncan (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-May-14

Flying Officer William Duncan Potter RCAF

Birth Date: 1911

Born:

Parents: Son of George William Ambrose and Sarah Jane Potter, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Spouse: Husband of Margaret M. Potter, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Home: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

2 ANS- Air Navigation School

Base

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/28604

Home

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Final Burial

Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon
Block 23 Lot 2 Grave 11816

2 Air Navigation School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Anson aircraft crashed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Anson 11588

Leading Aircraftman Ronald Colley RCAF

Leading Aircraftman Colley, Ronald (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-14
Woodland Cemetery, London, Ontario, Canada

Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Eves RAFVR

Leading Aircraftman Eves, Kenneth (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-14
Sherwood Cemetery Co, Sherwood Road, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Flying Officer William Duncan Potter RCAF

Flying Officer Potter, William Duncan (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-14
Woodlawn Cemetery Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Corporal Henry Joseph Stoik RCAF

Corporal Stoik, Henry Joseph (RCAF)
wireless operator, ground
Killed in Flying Accident
1944-May-14
North Battleford City Cemetery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. V serial:11588

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-May-14. Anson V s/n 11588.

This accident involved 4 people. Colley R, Eves K, Potter WD, Stoik HJ

This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Eves RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1684970 Anson 11588, Leading Aircraftman Ronald Colley RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/183819 Anson 11588, Corporal Henry Joseph Stoik RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:R/158435 Anson 11588, Flying Officer William Duncan Potter RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/28604 Anson 11588