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James Franklin Patterson

LCDR · USNR

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James Franklin Patterson

LCDR · USNR

08/20/1937 – 03/09/1945

Service Details

Pilot Designation

Pilot

Highest Designation

Dist Flying Cross

Service Years

08/20/1937 – 03/09/1945

Theaters of Service

Pearl Har, Okinawa

Aircraft Flown

FM-2 F6F SBD TBF SNB

Duty Assignments

VF-31
VC-94

Achievements & Story

C.O. VC-94 Instructor Fleet Dive Bomber VF-31 Picture and Write Up in 1942 Life Magazine as "Best Dive Bomber in Fleet".