George S McPeake Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURWreckage from an ME410 that rammed another B-17 impacted with B-17G 42-31595 causing it to crash SW of Berlin on a mission to Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flying Jenny
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
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Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added an Association to “Glatton”, the home base of the 457th BG.
Added S/N per MACR 3197 at Fold3.com.
ContributorAAM
Changes
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers; MACR 3197, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces