Harry A Patterson
Military ROLL OF HONOURLanding gear inadvertantly retracted while taxiing for take off on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-30643 'Green Mountain Rambler'. RTD. Shot down by flak and crashed near Heilbronn, GR on a mission to Schweinfurt on 24 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31308. 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
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
24 February 1944 | ||
Born |
Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, USA | ||
Buried |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 24 February 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2766 / MACR 2766, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database