Another interesting tidbit. I used to know a lady whose husband was Patton’s driver. He was from Abbeville, Alabama and for several years never had an accident.
He was replaced as driver just before the accident. Probably just coincidence as the reason he was replaced was he got to go home as the war was over.
The driver on the day of the crash was named Horace Woodring and he went on to live a long life and died in 2003