John Douglas Patey
Service number
J/15251
Military unit
61 (RAF) Sqdn 434 Sqdn
Address
804 4th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Date of birth
18 Aug 1920
Date of death
31 May 1942 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Son of John Douglas Patey, and of Mary Clementine Patey, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada.
Military history
Takeoff at 00:40 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid, target Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by the 3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 159 and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed Niederaussem 21 km WNW of Köln city centre.
F/Sgt John Charles RCAF
F/O Peter Bluett
P/O John Patey RCAF
P/O John Underwood
P/O Benson Usher RNZAF
Sgt Anthony Williamson
F/Sgt Robert Fawkes - All killed.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
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