Robert C Peters
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in P47#42-7908. One of 50 P47s that left Metfield and led by Major Glenn Duncan to meet up with bombers midchannel. Lt. Peters was killed in a crash landing at Thrift Farm, Herongate, Essex on return.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Herongate, Essex | 14 October 1943 | Killed in crash landing. |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Added Robert C Peters' name to the Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
353rd unit history, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 254, 342 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list