Pat Pattle
List of victories
While most of Pattle's victories were claimed while flying Hurricanes, at least 15 were downed in Gladiators. His claims included 26 Italian aircraft.

Pat Pattle

Section Title: List of victories
Table Section Text: While most of Pattle's victories were claimed while flying Hurricanes, at least 15 were downed in Gladiators. His claims included 26 Italian aircraft.

Chronicle of aerial victories

Claim No.	Date	Flying	Kills	Notes

1–2.	4 August 1940	Gladiator	1 x Breda Ba 65, 1 x Fiat CR.42	Against six Ba 65s of 159 Squadriglia, 50° Stormo and six CR.42s and CR.32s of 160 Squadriglia, 50° Stormo. The Italians suffered four damaged Ba.65s while 80 Squadron as a whole claimed two Ba.65s, one CR.32 and one CR.42.

3–4.	8 August 1940	Gladiator	2 x Fiat CR.42	9° and 10° Gruppo lost 4 CR.42s and another four fighters damaged or force-landed. 80 Squadron claimed nine and six probably destroyed.

15 September 1940	Gladiator	1 x SM.79 damaged

5–6.	19 November 1940	Gladiator	2 x Fiat CR.42s	Versus CR.42s of 160° Gruppo and G.50bis of 24° Gruppo, who lost three CR.42s and a G.50bis. 80 Squadron claimed nine destroyed and two probable.

27 November 1940	Gladiator	Two SM.79s (or CR.42s) shared	Claimed with 11 other pilots.

29 November 1940	Gladiator	2 shared SM.79s damaged	Both Z.1007bis of 47° Stormo (with William Vale).

7–8.	2 December 1940	Gladiator	2 x Ro 37s	72° Gruppo lost three;. Sergente Luigi Del Mancino and observer Tenente Michele Milano, Capitano Gardella & Capitano Fuchs and Sergente Leoni & Sergente Vescia were all killed.

9–11.	4 December 1940	Gladiator	3 x Fiat CR.42 2 x Fiat CR.42 probable 1 x CR.42 damaged	150° Gruppo lost two, Tenente Alberto Triolo and Sottotenente Paolo Penna killed, against RAF claims of seven downed.

12–13.	20 December 1940	Gladiator	1 x SM.79 1 x SM.81	SM.79 of 253a Squadriglia, 104° Gruppo BT shot down, Tenente Andrea Berlingieri and his crew killed, and a SM.81 of 38° Stormo was also lost.

14.	21 December 1940	Gladiator	1 x Fiat CR.42 1 x BR.20 probable	80 Squadron claimed eight destroyed. 160° Gruppo claimed to have lost two aircraft and one force-landed.

28 January 1941	Gladiator	Third share x Cant Z.1007 destroyed half share x BR.20 probable	80 Squadron claimed two destroyed, one probable and one damaged.

15.	9 February 1941	Gladiator	1 x Fiat CR.42	versus 16 CR.42s of 150 Gruppo. 364a Squadriglia lost two aircraft (Sergente Romano Maionica and Sergente Danilo Barolo killed) and two crash-landed.

10 February 1941	Gladiator	1 x Z.1007 damaged 1 x BR.20 damaged

16.	20 February 1941	Hurricane	1 x Fiat G.50	Engaged eight of 154° Autonomo Gruppo; who lost two Fiat G.50s- Tenente Alfredo Fusco of 361a Squadriglia killed (probably Pattle's victim) and Tenente Livio Bassi (a 7–claim ace) of 395a Squadriglia (died of wounds on 2 April 1941 after being injured in a force-landing) and one G.50 damaged.

17.	27 February 1941	Hurricane	1 x Fiat CR.42	Engaged 13 CR 42s of 150° Gruppo. 150° Gruppo lost two – Sottotenente Egidio Faltoni wounded and Sergente Osvaldo Bertolaccini killed.

18–21.	28 February 1941	Hurricane	2 x Fiat CR.42 2 x Fiat BR.20 1 x Fiat CR.42 probable	37° Stormo lost three BR.20s (and one force landed) against RAF claims of five. 160° Gruppo lost two CR.42 against RAF claims of 13.

22–24.	4 March 1941	Hurricane	3 x Fiat G.50s 1 x Fiat CR.42 probable.	versus the G.50bis and CR.42s of 24° Gruppo. RAF claimed seven G.50bis destroyed, four probables and four damaged, three CR.42s and one probable, losing two Hurricanes and two pilots killed.

25.	23 March 1941	Hurricane	1 x Fiat G 50 1 x Fiat G.50 probable 3 x Fiat G.50s on ground.	33 Squadron claimed three G.50bis shot down, one probable and two damaged. Italian records can't verify these air claims.

26–27.	6 April 1941	Hurricane	2 x Bf 109s.	Versus eight Bf 109Es of 8./Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27—Fighter Wing 27). 33 Squadron claimed five without loss, 8./JG 27 lost four aircraft and a fifth crash-landed.

28–29.	7 April 1941	Hurricane	1 x Dornier Do 17 1 x CR 42	Possibly Do 17 of Stab./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2, reported attacked & 15% damaged.

30.	9 April 1941	Hurricane	1 x Dornier Do 17	Initially claimed as a Ju 88 damaged, it was the Do 17Z U5+BT of 9./Kampfgeschwader 2 flown by Unteroffizier Ulrich Sonnemann.

31–32.	10 April 1941	Hurricane	1 x Bf 110 1 x Bf 109.	Two Bf 110s of 7./Lehrgeschwader 2 (both crews killed) were lost during the day, as was a Bf 109E of Stab./JG 27(Oberleunant Mardaas killed), but all apparently recorded as accidents.

33–34.	11 April 1941	Hurricane	1 x Junkers Ju 88 1 x Heinkel He 111	Both were single low-flying Ju 88s of III/Kampfgeschwader 30 (KG 30—Bomber Wing 30); 4D+JR of 7 staffel(Oberleutnant Hans Schaible and crew killed) and 4D+FS of 8./KG 30 (Leutnant ?

35–36.	12 April 1941	Hurricane	1 x Dornier Do 17 1 x S-79 1 x Bf 109 damaged	Fliegerkorps VIII(8th Air Corps) reported a loss of a Ju 88—possibly of I./Lehrgeschwader 1 (LG 1—Learning Wing 1). Two SM.79s were claimed two destroyed.

37–40.	14 April 1941	Hurricane	1 x Junkers Ju 88 1 x SM.79 1 x Bf 109 1 x Bf 110	German records show/claim the sole Bf 109 loss was Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Gerlach of 6./JG 27, taken POW when his aircraft was hit during a strafing attack.

41–46.	19 April 1941	Hurricane	3 x Junkers Ju 88 1 x Junkers Ju 88 probable third share Hs 126 1 x SM.79 2 x Bf 109.	One of the Ju 88 claims can be corroborated. Pattle shot down Gruppenkommandeur (Group Commander) Hauptmann Heinrich Hahn of I./KG 51.

47–50.	20 April 1941	Hurricane	1 x Junkers Ju 88 2 x Bf 109 1 x Bf 110	both Bf 109Es of III./JG 77; Unteroffzier Fritz Borchert was reported missing and one other Bf 109 crash-landed at Larissa badly damaged.

Sentence(s)

Pat Pattle dispatched a Ju 88 and a Heinkel He 111.
Pat Pattle dispatched a Ju 88 and a Heinkel He 111.

final_sentence: Pat Pattle dispatched a Ju 88 and a Heinkel He 111.
final_sentence: Pat Pattle dispatched a Ju 88 and a Heinkel He 111.