Roy E Patterson Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 16469
Shot down by fighters on 6/20/44 at Stralsund in B-24 #42-110152 Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: Lady Will
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ft Worth, Texas | 17 May 1923 | |
Died |
20 June 1944 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Baltic Sea | 20 June 1944 | |
Buried |
Bowie, Texas 76230, Verenigde Staten | Buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie, Texas |
Revisions
Contributordecwriter
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NARA file verified Air Medal. Without personnel records it is unknown how many campaigns he participated in regarding the EAME Campaign Medal but it was at least one.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7084 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database