Wallace W Patton

Military

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-51544

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

20 September 1925

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

4 April 1945 - 5 May 1945

Died

24 September 2000 Buried at Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington TX 76012

Revisions

Date
ContributorKristi.Rudy
Changes
Sources

Edited by his granddaughter.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 13729 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database