Donald C Peterson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-30195.jpeg UPL 30195 Donald C. Peterson

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Object Number - UPL 30195 - Donald C. Peterson

Radio Operator, Rayburn Crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down April 19, 1944 in B-17 #42-38004 "Ol' Man Tucker". Mission #94 to the airfield at Eschwege, Germany. MACR 4052. Killed in Action.



S/Sgt Peterson was leaving the radio room to assist with the wounded waist gunner, DeForest E. Main. He stopped to go back for his parachute as the plane broke in half. "Pete" fell out of the aircraft. After being captured, the Germans had S/Sgt DeForest Main and T/Sgt William Purser witness S/Sgt Petersons body laying in a field.

New Baden, IL - From Indiana

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34315592
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-810115
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13107939
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 0812971
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32213378
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Man Tucker
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Indiana, USA 11 September 1921

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

25 February 1944 - 19 April 1944

Other

Killed in Action

Eschwege, Germany 19 April 1944

Buried

Walnut Hill Cemetery Belleville, IL

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4052 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx, 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 4052

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