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Personal info

Full name
PATRICK, Pete Jr
Date of birth
2 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Johnson County, Kentucky
Hometown
East Point, Johnson, County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
33741746
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
853rd Bombardment Squadron,
491st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
3 km south of Oerie, 15 km northwest of Hildesheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 14 57

Immediate family

Members
Pete Patrick (father)
Zella V. (Vanhoose) Patrick (mother)
Jane Patrick (sister)
Jean Patrick (sister)
Geraldine Patrick (sister)
Billie Patrick (brother)
Joan Patrick (sister)
Helen Patrick (sister)
Darlene Patrick (sister)
Dora M. Patrick (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
44-40073
Data
Type: B-24 J
Nickname: Arch Angel
Destination: Misburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Deurag oil refinery
Macr: 10764

More information

T/Sgt Pete Patrick Jr attended high school for 1 year and worked in a factory for the manufacture of radios and phonograps. He enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 17 May 1943.
After an attack by enemy fighters, the airplane was last seen with the top turret missing and a large hole in the right wing. The entire crew of nine was killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Oerie.

Source of information:: Raf Dyckmans, Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Laura Phillips, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, Missing Aircrew Report 10764, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Kentucky, Birth Index 1911-1999 / Headstone Inscription and Interment Record

Photo source: Dennis and Gerda Hermsen, Dave Hall