Patton Sherman Rank: Second-Lieutenant Status: Killed in Action 1917-04-30

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Sherman, Patton (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1917-April-30

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Birth Date: unkown date (age 30)

Born: Cornwall, Ontario

Mrs. Margaret Curry Sherman, Cornwall, Ontario & the late George H. Sherman

Margaret Sherman

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Service
RFC

Unit
9 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base
France

Rank

Position
Observer-gunner

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1917-04-30: Sherman (observer) was missing, presumed dead from a photography mission. His pilot, Lt Ronald Percy Cowan Freemantle, (British) was likewise, missing, presumed dead.

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Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Flesquires Hill British Cemetery
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B.E.2 A2916

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Second-Lieutenant Sherman, Patton (RFC)
Observer-gunner
Killed in Action
1917-April-30
Flesquires Hill British Cemetery, Flesquires, Nord, France

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

last update: 2023-04-11 22:15:03

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Sherman, Patton (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1917-April-30

B.E.2 A2916

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

B.E.2 B.E.2e A2916

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