Gerald J Peters

Military

While serving as Radio Operator in B-17G 43-37613 on 16-Aug-44 the aircraft was attacked by German fighters and severly damaged. The pilot managed to fly this aircraft back to England and landed at Boreham, Essex, UK. He was uninjured and Returned to Duty. RTD

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37613

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

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Places

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 18-Dec-2014. Added SN per MACT 8182; crafted biography per "Lossed of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE, made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

91st BG / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database