Charles Edward Patterson
Military
Shot down 28 September 1944.
Lindsey Breckenridge
Object Number - UPL 80614 - Reuel's revenge 388th bomb group Shot down 28 September 1944.
Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Merseburg on 28-Sep-44 in B-17 'Reuel's Revenge' 42-97219. Prisoner of war (POW). MACR 9378
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19013352 / O-1996097
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Reuel's Revenge
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 357, Stalag XI-D
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN | 16 September 1942 | Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana |
|
Other Prisoner of War |
Fallingbostel, Germany | 28 September 1944 - 10 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09 |
|
Born |
Indiana | Son of Lillian M Paterson. | |
|
Based |
Knettishall | 28 September 1945 | Assigned to 560BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added an end date to rhe POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9378 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database