Paterson, Alexander Gordon (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-December-06

Flight Sergeant Alexander Gordon Paterson RCAF

Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Son of Alexander Gordon Paterson and Elizabeth Paterson Paterson, of Windthorst, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Windthorst, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

487 Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/102339

Mission

Ventura Mk. l AE701

Combat 1942-December-06 to 1942-December-06

487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF) Feltwell
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Took off 1120 from Feltwell. Shot down by flak crashing 1217 into the sea off Oostkapelle on the Dutch Island of Walcheren. Three crew members, not Canadians, missing believed killed.