Leslie R Peterson
Military
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Sergeant L.R. Peterson of the 457th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress. Image via LR Peterson. Written on slide casing: 'Sgt LR Peterson.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Leslie R Peterson served as a radio operator/ gunner with the 457th Bomb Group. He completed 35 combat missions between 1 August 1944 and 31 December 1944. Twenty of his 35 missions were flown on B-17 42-97535.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jill
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY, USA | 4 March 1943 | Married at the time of his enlistment |
Died |
Lakewood, NY 14750, USA | 14 October 1995 | |
Born |
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Lakewood, NY 14750, USA | Graduated high school this year |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Associated other images that LR Peterson shared with aviation historian Roger Freeman over the years.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
1993 457th BGA Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia