Peter Mikonis
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Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed on mission to Toulouse, France crashed in farmyard at Snag Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincannon, Somerset . Plane was named 'Old Faithful' 42-37958.
2nd Lt Peter Mikonis the pilot of 'Old Faithful' was attempting to bring the damaged plane back to base when it crashed onto a farmyard near the town of Wincanton on the South Coast of England. On 25th June 1984 the townspeople held a special commemorative service for the nine men who had lost their lives forty years earlier.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34686837
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-706650
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Atlantic City, NJ | 16 September 1940 | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Other Killed in action |
Wincanton, UK | 25 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Toulouse, France in B-17 42-37958; A/C hit by flak in #3 engine, returned to UK, wing collapsed. Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buried |
26 June 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot B Row 1 Grave 38 | |
Born |
Pennsylvania | Son of Peter V Mikonis. | |
Based |
Bassingbourn | 25 June 1944 | Assigned to 401BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Peter Mikonis.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / losses of the 8th & 9th pages 442