Name:
John Howard Patterson
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Serial Number:
J/15840
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-10-06
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Lerwick New Cemetery, Lerwick, Scotland
Plot:
Terrace 7B
Row:
Grave:
9
Decoration:
Comments:
John Howard Patterson was born on March 11, 1920, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He was the son of James Blaine Patterson and Bernice Cummings.
John served in the 404 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Pilot Officer during World War II. He was killed when his Blenheim IV T1949 aircraft crashed at sea during a homing exercise with the Royal Navy, Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on October 6, 1942.