Pat Pattle - Wikipedia Marmaduke Thomas St John Pattle, DFC Bar (3 July 1914 – 20 April 1941), usually known as Pat Pattle, was a South African-born English Second World War fighter pilot and flying ace (an aviator credited with the destruction of five or more enemy aircraft in aerial combat) of the Royal Air Force (RAF)
What does Pattle mean? - Definitions. net Marmaduke Thomas St John Pattle, (3 July 1914 – 20 April 1941), usually known as Pat Pattle, was a South African-born English Second World War fighter pilot and flying ace (an aviator credited with the destruction of five or more enemy aircraft in aerial combat) of the Royal Air Force (RAF)
Pat Pattle | This Day in Aviation Squadron Leader Marmaduke Thomas St John “Pat” Pattle, Officer Commanding No 33 Squadron, Royal Air Force, and the Squadron Adjutant, Flight Lieutenant George Rumsey, standing by a Hawker Hurricane at Larissa, Thessaly, Greece, March–April 1941
One of the greatest Allied fighter pilots of WW2 . . . - The Observation Post Pattle is however regarded as the ‘unofficial’ Highest scoring Western Allied Fighter pilot for WWII Unfortunately the squadron war dairy and his log books were lost in the retreat from Greece Pattle’s medals are on display at the Ditsong National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg