Roy E Patterson Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 16469

Shot down by fighters on 6/20/44 at Stralsund in B-24 #42-110152 Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-110152

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady Will
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ft Worth, Texas 17 May 1923

Died

20 June 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Baltic Sea 20 June 1944

Buried

Bowie, Texas 76230, Verenigde Staten Buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Bowie, Texas

Revisions

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NARA file verified Air Medal. Without personnel records it is unknown how many campaigns he participated in regarding the EAME Campaign Medal but it was at least one.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorA. van Erp
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7084 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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