Patrick Caron
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 569th 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 15-Aug-43 in B-17F 42-3306. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 258.
Awards: PH.
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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: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18026239 / O-733667
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Phoenix
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Utica, NY, USA | 29 July 1942 | |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
59670 Bavinchove, France | 15 August 1943 | Shot down 15-Aug-43 in B-17F 42-3306. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 258. |
Buried |
59670 Bavinchove, France | 16 August 1943 | Interred Bavinchove Cemetery |
New York, NY, USA | |||
Based |
Framlingham | 15 August 1943 | Assigned to 569th 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Born |
St Lawrence County, NY, USA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 258 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database