Robert E Peterson
Military ROLL OF HONOURRichard J. Farrington Crew
466th BG - 784th and 787th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: John C. Murphy (RN), John A. Perella (N), John A. Regan (CP), Richard J. Farrington (P), George E. Noe (PN), Chris Manners (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Peterson (TG), John C. Brennan (WG), Jerome Barrett (FE), Howard G. Goodner (R/O), Albert Seraydarian (G)
This was the last 466th BG and indeed the last 8th AF B-24 crew shot down in WW2. Manners and Seraydarian were able to bail out. Everyone else in the photo above was KIA. 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Waist Gunner in the Farrington B-24 Crew; Frequently Lead Crew. Flew 23 combat missions in cluding the Battle of the Bulge. Aboard the B-24 'Black Cat' when the plane became the last American B-24 shot down over Europe. Nine crew Killed in Action (KIA), 2 captured.
PH, AM 3Oak Leaf Cluster, 2 Battle Stars, Good Conduct, Sharpshooter's Medal
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-713376
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Black Cat
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Black Cat Memorial
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Peoria, IL, USA | 19 March 1942 | |
Born |
Avon, Illinois, USA | ||
Buried |
Plot J Row 36 Grave 38 Lorraine American Cemetery St. Avold, France | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Scharmassing, 93083 Obertraubling, Germany | 21 April 1945 | |
Knox County, IL, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14182 / Page 378 in the book 2ND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition (D790.A2S45) / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database