Potvin, James Edward (Flight Sub-Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1917-June-19

Flight Sub-Lieutenant James Edward Potvin RNAS

Birth Date: 1895-August-10

Born: Midland, Ontario

Parents: Elizabeth Brown Potvin & the late Pierre 'Peter' Potvin

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Midland, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Decorations: MiD

Mentioned in Dispatches

Service

RNAS

Unit

13 Sqn- Squadron (RNAS)

Base

Dunkirk Seaplane Station

Rank

Flight Sub-Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

Memorial Location
Google MapChatham Naval Memorial
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Potvin held US Aero cert #493 from the Stinson School in San Antonio, Texas. 1917-06-19: Missing over the sea after an aerial battle, when he was forced to set down on it 12ml NNE of Nieuport, Belgium. He drowned before he could be rescued.