Allen Dean Patterson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
In front, from left to right : Ralph Palmer, pilot; Ryal Skaggs, Co-Pilot; William Powell, Navigator; Frank Wieczerzak, Bombardier. (Photo via the Robert Piarote family)
Removed associations not depicted in photo
Object Number - UPL 35811 - The "Hustlin'Hussy" crew in May 1944. Standing, from left to right : Arthur Pacha, engineer; Allen Patterson, Right Waist Gunner; Elmore Loveland,...
Staff Sergeant Allen D. Patterson was born January 20, 1921. His next of kin wee his mother, Alice Patterson, and his sister, Grace Lazuik. He was from New London, Connecticut.
On January 29, 1944, he was serving as the Right Waist Gunner aboard “Hustlin’ Hussy” B-17 #42-30354, of the 385th Bomb Group, 549th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Anderlues, Belgium. He was the only member of his crew to be killed in the crash.
Initially buried in the Gosselies Communal cemetery, his remains were brought after the war to the US Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium. Allen Patterson rests at Plot B, Row 39, Grave 45
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39274861
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13093716
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31191763 at enlistment, then O-808137
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hustlin Hussy
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Born |
New London, CT, USA | 20 January 1921 | Staff Sergeant Allen D. Patterson was born January 20, 1921. His next of kin were his mother, Alice Patterson, and his sister, Grace Lazuik. He was from New London, Connecticut. |
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Enlisted |
3 September 1942 | Hartford, Connecticut | |
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Died |
Anderlues, Belgium | 29 January 1944 | On January 29, 1944, he was serving as the Right Waist Gunner aboard “Hustlin’ Hussy” B-17 #42-30354, of the 385th Bomb Group, 549th Bomb Squadron, when it went down over Anderlues, Belgium. He was the only member of his crew to be killed in the crash. |
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Buried |
Neuville-en-Condroz, 4121 Neupré, Belgium | Initially buried in the Gosselies Communal cemetery, his remains were brought to the US Military Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium. Allen Patterson rests at Plot B, Row 39, Grave 45 |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia