42-5950 My Devotion, Peter's Pride
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Long Beach 28/5/43; Cheyenne 1/6/43; Dow 7/7/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-P] Rougham 12/7/43 MY DEVOTION; Missing in Action Berlin 8/3/44 with Bill Babington, Co-pilot: Norbey Overton, Navigator: Nick Papernek, Bombardier: Bill Davis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roy Hatcher, Radio Operator: Mike Rivera - Wounded in Action, Ball turret gunner: Billy Ivy - Wounded in Action, Waist gunner: Rod Shogren, Waist gunner: Allan Kangas, Tail gunner: John Liberg (10 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft set tail on fire, crash landed Wieste, 17 miles W of Cloppenburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 2997. PETER'S PRIDE.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802227
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-683121
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20228454
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19162937
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11057763
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |