Patten, James Cyril
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | James Cyril |
Surname | Patten |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
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Date of Death | 22-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas George and Ada Maud Patten, of Southend-On-Sea, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW417 |
Markings | KW-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cologne Southern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 4. Row AA. Grave 8. |
Epitaph | HE WHO DIES THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE, SHALL SURELY KNOW HEAVEN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 223 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1876219 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 425 (Alouette) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed metal plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-03-1944 |
End Date | 23-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Frankfurt. 816 aircraft, 33 losses (4.0%). An indirect route, in addition to a diversionary raid on Kiel kept fighters away for some time and in fact the German controller believed that Frankfurt was the target. Marking and bombing were accurate and Frankfurt was again badly damaged right across the city. 948 deaths and 346 seriously injured. Some 120000 people were bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss |