Paterson, Frank Gordon (Flying Officer)

106 Squadron (Pro Libertate). Lancaster aircraft ME 668 ZN-L shot down over St Leu D'Esserent, France. The aircraft was hit by flak and then attacked by a German fighter aircraft while flying at 17,000 feet, killing Flying Officer F.G. Paterson, Sergeant W.B. Gladstone (RAF) and Flying Officer W.G. Hardcastle (RAF), Warrant Officer H.C. Bell (RAAF) missing, and Flying Officer A.G. Kinnis, Flight Lieutenant G.N. Marchant (RAAF) and Sergeant F. Wells (RAF) PoW (O. Clutton-Brock). Flying Officer Kinnis of Trail, British Columbia and one RAF member of the crew were taken Prisoner of War. Flying Officer Art Kinnis fell into the hands of the Gestapo and spent 2 months in Buchenwald Concentration Camp before being retrieved by Luftwaffe authorities and sent to a regular PoW camp. He was released in November, 1944 to a P.O.W. Camp. Addendum: - The correct spelling of Buckenwald is Buchenwald. Detail provided by Joel Huard, Serquigny, France.