James B Patterson Jr
Military
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FRE 1799
Lieutenant-Colonel Carl Elver, Major James Patterson, Colonel James M Thompson and "Flap" the dog mascot of the 448th Bomb Group meet the Shakespear family during a visit. Official caption printed on image: '(GPR-10-1-448)(20-2-44)(Guest: APR.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '20/4/44- L to R- Lt Col Carl Elver, Executive officer 448th BG, Sir Geoffery Shakespear, Norfolk MP, Col James M Thompson, CO 448 BG, Lady Shakespear, Pamela Shakespear with 'Flap' [dog mascot of the 448th Bomb Group] Major James R Patterson, Group inspector, unidentified guest.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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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
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Sources
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 157. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia