Template:Did you know nominations/J. Patrick Metke
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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:43, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
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J. Patrick Metke
- ... that former Oregon state representative J. Patrick Metke flew two-engine Navy bombers on anti-submarine patrols during World War II?
- Source: This DYK comes from three Bend Bulletin articles, each with part of the story. All three articles require newspapers.com subscription to access on-line. A 30 October 1958 article says: "J. Pat Matke, Bend, representative in the Oregon legislative assembly for the past two years … in 1943 he went into the Navy Air Corps. For three years he served as a pilot flying two-engine patrol bombers …"; a 2 March 1960 article says: "… he served as a Navy Air Corps pilot engaged in submarine patrol in both the Atlantic and Pacific."; and the third article (dated 27 April 1945) supports the "two-engine Navy bombers" link to Lockheed Ventura aircraft; it says: "Ensign Metke, now a pilot of a Ventura light bomber…"
- Reviewed: KFWT-TV
Created by Orygun (talk). Self-nominated at 20:54, 1 May 2020 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced. Please add one of the citations you listed above to the sentence about him piloting two-engine Navy bombers (do you need all four cites for the next sentence?). Other hook fact about him being a state representative AGF and cited inline. Image is fair use. QPQ done. Yoninah (talk) 14:16, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
