Donald C Peterson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6910612
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-814378
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17110265
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18079004
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749492
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Indiana, USA | 11 September 1921 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
25 February 1944 - 19 April 1944 | ||
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Other Killed in Action |
Eschwege, Germany | 19 April 1944 | |
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Buried |
Walnut Hill Cemetery Belleville, IL |
Revisions
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