Woodrow Oscar Peterson

Military
media-26017.jpeg UPL 26017 T/Sgt Woodrow Peterson , Radio Operator in the William Gilbert Crew, 44th Bomb Group, 67th Bomb Sqdn who flew 30 missions between 5/30 and 8/3/1944.

Shared by Woodrow Peterson's son, John Woodrow Peterson, on his AAM profile page.

Object Number - UPL 26017 - T/Sgt Woodrow Peterson , Radio Operator in the William Gilbert Crew, 44th Bomb Group, 67th Bomb Sqdn who flew 30 missions between 5/30 and 8/3/1944.

T/Sgt. Woodrow "Woody" Peterson joined the AAF to have a choice how he would fight the war. He went to pilot training, but washed out and was sent to gunnery school in Kingman Arizona. After gunnery school, his intelligence got him sent to radio operators school. Woody survived 30 missions in the summer of 1944 and got to go home, where five years later he fathered his only son, John Woodrow (myself).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Three Kisses for Luck
  • Unit: 67th Bomb Squadron 68th Bomb Squadron

Places

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ContributorLucy May
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Changed middle name from 'W (USAAF error) really O for Oscar' to 'Oscar' - info from his son John Woodrow.

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ContributorFishguy
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I am his son John Woodrow Peterson.
Docent at The Museum of Flight in Seattle.
Dad's oral and written memories to me.
8thairforce.com, The 44th Bomb Group in World War II, The Log of the Lberators

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ContributorFishguy
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T/Sgt Woodrow Peterson was my father and passed to me much of this information orally and in writing. I also have done research online at 8thairforce.com and books such as The 44th Bomb Group in World War II and Log of the Liberators to mention a few.
I learned proper research as a docent at The Museum of Flight in Seattle.

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ContributorFishguy
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Woodrow Peterson was my father and this information is from both oral and written memories of his. I also have done research myself at 8thairforce.com as well as reading historical texts such as The 44th Bomb Group in World War II and The Log of the Liberators to mention two.
I learned proper research as a docent at The Museum of Flight in Seattle.

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ContributorAAM
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