Richard M Petrus

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21931.jpeg UPL 21931 Richard M Petrus - Council Bluffs, 446th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor

Object Number - UPL 21931 - Richard M Petrus - Council Bluffs, 446th BG, KIA

RTD crashed near Brussels on 27 Dec 44 in B-24 42-51312



Killed when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regenberg.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little King
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Council Bluffs, IA, USA 14 July 1925

Other

Killed in action

Redenhall, Harleston, Norfolk IP20, UK 11 April 1945

Buried

Council Bluffs, IA, USA Cedar Lawn Cemetery Council Bluffs, Iowa

Revisions

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Correcting crew list; private document taken from website no longer available.

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Date correction

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ancestry.com: headstone application
Fold3: casualty lists
History of the 446th Bomb Group, Harold Jansen, p275

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11252 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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