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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Richard Fuller Patterson

Hometown

Richmond, Virginia

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 1 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, CAMP BORDEN, ONTARIO ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1940. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 121 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK. VB (W3711) WAS LOST DURING AN OPERATIONAL SWEEP OVER BELGIUM ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. BURIED AT BREDENE CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, BREDENE, WEST FLANDERS, BELGIUM. COMMEMORATED AT THE MEMORIAL CHURCH OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY (LAW SCHOOL), CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS; THE VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA AND THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.