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Robert Samuel Patterson

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Robert Samuel Patterson

July 31, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

J/8402

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

418 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Samuel Joseph and Annie Patterson, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 105 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot L. Row B. Grave 25.

Location:

Bergen is on the coast 6 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar and 43 kilometres north-north-west of Amsterdam, lying 3 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road. The BERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the north-eastern outskirts of Bergen, in the road known as Kerkedijk. The British plots are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave Marker– Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands Boston aircraft of 416 City of Edmonton Sqdn crashed at Mergen, Holland, killing the pilot, P/O Patterson, P/O M. Abey, Bomb Aimer, and FS C. O. O'Brien, Wireless Air Gunner.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo used with permission of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands Boston aircraft of 416 City of Edmonton Sqdn crashed at Mergen, Holland, killing the pilot, P/O Patterson, P/O M. Abey, Bomb Aimer, and FS C. O. O'Brien, Wireless Air Gunner.
  • Memorial– RAF memorial at the long disused Bradwell on Sea Airfield known as RAF Bradwell Bay in WW2 on the Dengie Peninsular in Essex UK On the two panels are the names of 121 servicemen from the RAF, RCAF and RNZAF who were killed while based here. On 17 Apr 1942, the first squadron to arrive on the station was a No.418 City of Edmonton Intruder Squadron flying twin-engine Boston aircraft.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – RAF memorial at the long disused Bradwell on Sea Airfield known as RAF Bradwell Bay in WW2 on the Dengie Peninsular in Essex UK On the two panels are the names of 121 servicemen from the RAF, RCAF and RNZAF who were killed while based here. On 17 Apr 1942, the first squadron to arrive on the station was a No.418 City of Edmonton Intruder Squadron flying twin-engine Boston aircraft.
  • Photo of Robert Samuel Patterson– In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Robert Samuel Patterson
    Photo of Robert Samuel Patterson – In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of ROBERT SAMUEL PATTERSON– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of ROBERT SAMUEL PATTERSON
    Photo of ROBERT SAMUEL PATTERSON – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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