Name:
Charles A. Patton
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-763324
Unit:
428th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-07-27
State:
California
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery, St James, France
Plot:
B
Row:
2
Grave:
3
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
LT Patton was born in San Bernandino, California, in 1919. He took off from Warmwell, Dorset, in the UK in his P-38 fighter, serial number 42-67688 on a patrol over Le Mans in France. He was involved in a midair collision with LT Bank's P-38 from the 429th Fighter Squadron and did not survive the crash.