Joseph B Patterson

Military

Shot down during a head-on fighter attack on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7527 'Black Widow'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Widow
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Boise, Idaho

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2948, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces