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2Lt Charles F. Patterson
Monument

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2Lt Charles F. Patterson Veteran

Birth
Death
1 Oct 1943 (aged 25)
Austria
Monument
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing
Memorial ID
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Cenotaph here
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Co-Pilot 2/Lt Charles F. Patterson, MIA/KIA
Hometown: Ohio
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-742772
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1/Lt Kenneth Matson, POW Gary, IN

USAAF MACR#: 5859
Date Lost: 1-Oct-43
Serial Number: 42-40775
Aircraft Model B-24D-95-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y
Aircraft Name: WOLF WAGON
Location: Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
Cause: AA, direct hit. 5KIA/5POW

Lt Patterson's body was not recovered.

Visit the virtual cemetery of the "THE WOLF WAGON"Crew of 42-40775
1st/Lt. Kenneth N. Matson Pilot POW
2nd/Lt Charles F. Patterson Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Jack B. Engelhardt Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Stewart W. Munroe Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Stanton A. Earley Engineer KIA
Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Robert R. Driver Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William R. Strasemeier Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Gunner
Cenotaph here
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Co-Pilot 2/Lt Charles F. Patterson, MIA/KIA
Hometown: Ohio
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # O-742772
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Pilot 1/Lt Kenneth Matson, POW Gary, IN

USAAF MACR#: 5859
Date Lost: 1-Oct-43
Serial Number: 42-40775
Aircraft Model B-24D-95-CO
Aircraft Letter: Y
Aircraft Name: WOLF WAGON
Location: Wiener-Neustadt, Austria
Cause: AA, direct hit. 5KIA/5POW

Lt Patterson's body was not recovered.

Visit the virtual cemetery of the "THE WOLF WAGON"Crew of 42-40775
1st/Lt. Kenneth N. Matson Pilot POW
2nd/Lt Charles F. Patterson Co Pilot KIA
2nd/Lt. Jack B. Engelhardt Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Stewart W. Munroe Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Stanton A. Earley Engineer KIA
Radio Op. POW
S/Sgt. Robert R. Driver Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. William R. Strasemeier Gunner KIA
S/Sgt. Gunner

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Ohio.


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  • Maintained by: John Dowdy
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56365892/charles_f-patterson: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Charles F. Patterson (5 Nov 1917–1 Oct 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56365892, citing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy; Maintained by John Dowdy (contributor 47791572).