Harvey F Petersen

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) on his first mission, 8 November 1943, on board B17F #42-3553. Crashed on takeoff near East Harling, cause of loss not ascertained.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

Charles T Brown

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35374160
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Frederick B Comer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19073393
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Paul Marmaduke Hargett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15097260 at enlistment, then 0-746331
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Robert N Held

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20212569 at enlistment, then O-679509
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Waino Arthur Isaacson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16003519 at enlistment, then O-745689
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-3553

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 339th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Portland, Maine, United States 4 November 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Died

East Harling, Norfolk, United Kingdom 8 November 1943 in the crash of B-17 42-3553

Born

Maine
Cumberland County, Maine, United States

Buried

Harvey Petersen rests at Plot B, Row 1, Grave 51

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

Corrected last name : Petersen, not Peterson...
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII Casualties for Cumberland County, Maine
ABMC website

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Combat Chronology, Unit History; Snetterton Falcons pg 81 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia