Jesse Lloyd Patterson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Jesse L Patterson - Winfield, KIA
Charles D Taylor collection
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
Assigned to 49FS, 14FG, 8AF USAAF. Passenger aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Patterson survived the crash but died soon afterward at Wrexham Hospital. Died of Wounds (DOW).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group
- Service Numbers: 17025843 / O-433764
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 18th Troop Carrier Squadron 64th Troop Carrier Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Winfield, Iowa | 8 April 1916 | Son of William A and Emma L Patterson. |
Other Crashed |
Coed Moel-Y-Gaer, Denbigh LL16, UK | 23 August 1942 | Passenger aboard C-47 41-7803 crashed at Moel y Gaer mountain 23-Aug-42. Survived the crash to die of his injuries. |
Died Killed in action |
Wrexham, UK | 24 August 1942 | Died soon after the crash at Wrexham Hospital. Died of Wounds (DOW). |
Buried |
25 August 1942 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | |
Based |
24 August 1942 | Assigned to 49FS, 14FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p. 27