Name:
William H. Patterson
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
6289550
Unit:
Date of Death:
1945-01-18
State:
Minnesota
Cemetery:
Westbrook Cemetery, Westbrook, Cottonwood County, Minnesota, USA
Plot:
Section A
Row:
Lot 24
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
William H. Patterson was born on January 30, 1921. At the time of his death, he was a passenger on the C-47 #43-48611. On January 18, 1945, he was killed in an air crash when they took off from A-54 airfield in Le Bourget, France, to be transported to Station 343 in Biggin Hill, England. Due to an unknown reason, the aircraft crashed approximately 7 minutes later after they took off. Eighteen people were killed in this accident, while four were seriously injured.
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