Patrick Kenneth Truesdell
MilitaryAssigned to 825BS, 484BG, 15AF USAAF. on mission to Linz, Austria in B-24 42-52653 'Sleepless Knights', 25-Apr-45; hit by flak, crash landed behind Russian lines. RTD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 484th Bomb Group 825th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13075755
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer / gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 484th Bomb Group 825th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2075183
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 484th Bomb Group 825th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18138003
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sleepless Knights
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron 484th Bomb Group 825th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Minneapolis, MN | 17 March 1919 | Son of Marie T Truesdell. |
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Other Commissioned |
28 July 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
6 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Enlisted |
1 May 1951 | ||
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Other Discharged USAF |
7 December 1951 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
17 October 2007 | ||
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Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN | 20 October 2007 | Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota |
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Enlisted |
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Based |
Torretta | Assigned to 825BS, 484BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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