Don Patchen

"Don"

Photo courtesy of Sandra Merrill

February 1944, 496th Fighter Training Group - 4 hours flight time in P-51B
March 9 1944, joined 4th FG
May 19, 1944, POW - Hit by rocket flak at 28,000 feet and bailed at 9,000 feet
Also flew P-40, AT-6, BT-13, PT-17, L-5, C-45, C-47
Recalled during Korean conflict 1951-1952 and sent to a AC&W training squadron in Florida and then to Casablanca to set up radar sites
Retired rural mail carrier
Passes away July 25, 1999
Some stories by Don Patchen

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	Date	Enemy A/C	Air/Ground	Place	Number
	4/5/44	Ju-88	Ground	Stendal A/D, Ger.	2