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Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29-Jan-44 in B-17F 42-3545. Evaded (EVD). MACR 2257
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29-Jan-44 in B-17F 42-3545. Evaded (EVD).
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 2/8/43; Grand Island 12/8/43; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 9/43; with K. Rongstad force landed Sntterton Heath 10/10/43; with Andy Rozentinsky 20/12/43 Flight engineer/top turret gunner: T Whitman, Waist gunner: S. Eastling (both...
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
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| Born | Roanoke, VA | 13 September 1917 |
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Son of Omar M Sr and Lola Beatrice [Tyree] Patterson. |
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| Enlisted | Richmond, VA | 9 December 1941 |
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Richmond, Virginia |
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| Based | Horham | 1943 – 29 January 1944 |
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Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out - Evaded Capture | Frankfurt, Germany | 29 January 1944 |
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Shot down by fighters on mission to Frankfurt on 29-Jan-44 in B-17F 42-3545. Evaded (EVD). MACR 2257 |
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| Died | 12 October 1974 | |
| Buried | Evergreen Burial Park Roanoke, Roanoke City, VA | 15 October 1974 |
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Evergreen Burial Park |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 October 2020 13:57:00 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to nickname, events and unit associations |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2257, 8th AF Losses |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 04 September 2020 20:04:20 | jmoore43 | Changes to nickname |
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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 January 2020 13:45:04 | Al_Skiff | Changes to surname, middlename, suffix, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28603497 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:47 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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MACR 2257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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