Patrick H McAtee Jr
Military
Rear L-R: S/Sgt Spear, T/Sgt Ward, S/Sgt McAtee, S/Sgt Gentry, S/Sgt Sevick, T/Sgt Carlton, Sgt Nelon
Front L-R: 1Lt Light, Cpt Diehl, 1Lt Girard, 1Lt Kelley
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 56549 - Diehl crew, 44BG. Rear L-R: S/Sgt Spear, T/Sgt Ward, S/Sgt McAtee, S/Sgt Gentry, S/Sgt Sevick, T/Sgt Carlton, Sgt Nelon Front L-R: 1Lt Light, Cpt...
Joined Sqd 8/3/42.
DS/Bengahzi 6/26/43.
Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1 August 1943, flying B-24 Liberator 41-24211.
Returned to base 8/22/43.
Reclass to 938 2/11/45. Inst. Gunners through 5/45.
Returned to ZOI 5/30/45.
Flew home in 44-42189. Pilot: Diehl.
Fw 190 destroyed 2/15/43, Fw 190 destroyed 3/18/43, Fw 190 destroyed 5/14/43.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wing and a Prayer
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Henderson, Kentucky |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd
