Patefield, Richard Arthur

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Patefield, Richard Arthur ‡ ⇗
Rank	Flight Officer
Serial Number	T-123951 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, effective 16 April 1944.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	24 April 1944
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Wisconsin Memorial Park Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 4 August 1924 Seriously wounded by enemy aircraft fire on 24 April 1944 mission. Died on 16 May 1944 at a German hospital.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 4349⇓ (17.726 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Bice, William Leslie, "Buddy"⇗	Pilot	POW
2nd Lt. Griggs, Frederick Monroe⇗	Co-pilot	CT
Flt. Ofcr. Patefield, Richard Arthur	Navigator	KIA
2nd Lt. Masterson, Donald Joy⇗	Bombardier	POW
S/SGT. Schepers, Bob Eugene⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	POW
S/SGT. Atkinson, Robert Vernon⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	POW
SGT. McLimans, Joseph Emmett⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	POW
CPL. Congdon, Robert Earl⇗	Tail Gunner	POW
SGT. Kelley, Luther Irwin⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW
SGT. Jackson, Leslie Hall⇗	Flexible Gunner	POW

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 1 Combat Mission.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
94⇗	24 April 1944	Target: Dornier-Werke GMBH Aircraft Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany	Navigator	42‑97372⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Hit by flak near Munich; #2 engine on fire but plane under control; bombed target; crashed near Füssen, Germany. MACR 4349. Navigator seriously wounded; died on 16 May 1944 in a German hospital. Sortie Report⇗

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