Halifax damaged by FLAK / returned to East Moor.
On the 5th of August 1944 a number of 432 and 415 Sqdn aircraft were tasked with attacking rocket launch sites at St. Leu D'Esserant. A number of
aircraft sustained minor flak damage. This aircraft returned safely to East Moor.
Pilot - F/O Lloyd W (Pat) Patten RCAF (J/25838), of Alberta, Canada.
FEng - Sgt Ron Watson,
Nav - F/O Peter Provias,
AB - Sgt Robert (Bob) Hill,
WOp/AG - Sgt Gordon Ford,
AG - Sgt Adam Kell RCAF, from the Interlake District of Manitoba, Canada.
AG - Sgt Edward (Ted) B Turner RCAF, of Morden, Manitoba, Canada
Mid Under Gunner - Sgt W Moulden
""This captain of aircraft has displayed skill, courage and determination to a marked degree. His operational record, which includes many missions to strongly defended targets in France and Germany, has set a fine example to other members of the squadron. His qualities of courage, efficiency and tenacity have contributed much to the successes attained by his squadron while his enthusiasm and fighting spirit have been highly commendable.""
Lloyd Patten was born in 1919, he enlisted to the RCAF in Winnipeg in February 1942 and had previously served with the Winnipeg Rifles.
He was Commissioned in 1943 and was recommended for the DFC in September 1945 but was not presented with it until June 1949. Hugh Halliday's
Awards research states that the draft citation reads..