World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Raymond Armand Patenaude
Hometown
Cohoes, New York
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 19 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 142 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. III (X3960) CRASHED AT LUDBOROUGH, LINCOLNSHIRE WHILE HOMEBOUND FROM A BOMBING RAID TO COLOGNE, GERMANY ON OCTOBER 16, 1942. BURIED AT GRIMSBY CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM, GRIMSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND.