Peter Franklin Cureton Jr

Military
media-26519.jpeg UPL 26519 Lt Peter F Cureton and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, beside Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 "Miss Lace". England, 14 Oct. 1944.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10321-C61766AC

Object Number - UPL 26519 - Lt Peter F Cureton and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group, beside Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 42-102411 "Miss Lace". England, 14 Oct. 1944. NARA Ref...

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17G 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11199.



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12200808
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33437601
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15098973
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15109385 / O-723321
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15082640
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Lace
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 21 November 1944
  • Date: 11 October 1944
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation.
  • Date: 4 August 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Greenville County, SC, USA 4 June 1919 Son of Peter Cureton Sr and Josephine [Dickson] Cureton.

Based

Molesworth 29 July 1944 - 21 November 1944 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

Frankleben, 06259 Braunsbedra, Germany 21 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Merseburg, aboard B-17 43-38705 murdered by German civilians near Frankleben, according Swiss Red Cross report. KIA MACR 11199
Greenville, South Carolina

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold France

Buried

Springwood Cemetery , Greenville, SC Memorialised Springwood Cemetery Greenville Greenville County South Carolina, USA

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
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Sources

Transferred relevant details from Duplicate page.

MACR 11199 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorEmily
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Robert B Lubbers, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11199, Roster

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