Theodore M Peterson
Military
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FRE 4746
Joe Wall, Peterson and Ed Millson of the 526th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress, 21 September 1943. Official caption on image: "(GPR-85-4-379)(21-9-43)." Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Ed Millson.' Printed caption with (handwritten additions) on reverse: '(Navigator) Joe Wall - Peterson - (Millson). Peterson was the first (379th) man to walk out from France ... he was shot down at St. Nazaire. This was taken after his return. He was 526 pilot.'
Roger Freeman Collection
Added connections to airmen's records.
Shot down bombing the submarine pens at St. Nazaire, France on 29 May 1943 in B-17 #4229878. Evaded.
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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: Lady Godiva
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Salt Lake City, Utah | 24 October 1919 | |
Other Evaded (EVD) |
France | 29 May 1943 |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 1292 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1293; The 379th Bombardier Group Anthology, pg 261