Peter G Stern
Military
Personal photograph
Object Number - UPL 35013 - S/Sgt. Peter G. Stern, Ridgewood, NY, 1943. Later T/Sgt., 457th BG, 750sq., Glatton, England.
INT Damaged by flak and landed in Sweden on 8/25/44 in B-17 #42-98018
A/C #42-98018 - named Lady Katherine - was hit by anti-aircraft fire immediately after completing bomb run at the rocket development site at Peenemunde. The heavily damaged aircraft was flown across the Baltic carrying wounded crewmen by pilot Lt. Donald K. Goss where the entire crew was able to bail out over neutral territory before the crashing near Ljungbyhed, Sweden. An account of the mission was published in both Making for Sweden, by Bo Widfeldt and Rolph Wegmann and in Black Puff Polly, by Roland Byers.
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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 Katherine
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Queens, NY, USA | ||
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Other Interned (INT) |
Sweden | 25 August 1944 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8294 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
