8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Peter William Bauman Jr
Military
Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 65FW, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Service
Units served with
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65th Fighter Wing
Wing
Browse 65th Fighter Wing photographs and other documents in the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library digital archive here: www.2ndair.org.uk/digitalarchive/Dashboard/Index/51 -
355th Fighter Group
Group
Where the 353rd Fighter Group had pioneered ground strafing techniques, it was the 355th Fighter Group who destroyed more enemy aircraft by ground strafing than any other Eighth Air Force Group. Based at Steeple Morden from July 1943 to July 1945, the... -
354th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
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Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing)
Headquarters
Associated Place
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Saffron Walden
Military site : non-airfield
Headquarters 65th Fighter Wing. Exact location unknown. -
Steeple Morden
Military site : airfield
Originally used from 1940 as a small, grass airfield, satellite for nearby RAF Bassingbourn, Steeple Morden was allocated to the Eighth Air Force in August 1942 as a potential bomber base. It was used briefly by the 3rd Photographic Group during the...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Oklahoma County, OK, USA | 2 June 1919 |
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Son of Peter W and Mae M Bauman. |
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| Lived in | Tulsa, OK, USA | 1941 |
| Enlisted | Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 21 March 1942 |
| Based | Steeple Morden | 10 April 1943 – 24 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Promoted | Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 1944 |
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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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| Suspended | Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 23 May 1944 |
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Suspended from Flying Duty. |
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| Transferred | Saffron Walden, UK | 3 July 1944 |
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Transferred to HQ Sqn, 65FW. |
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| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | 24 August 1944 |
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End Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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| Died | Hilton Head Island, SC, USA | 27 August 2001 |
| Buried | Beaufort County, SC, USA | September 2001 |
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Six Oaks Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 16 November 2016 13:51:52 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to events |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 October 2016 20:33:08 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, suffix, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/42570431_peter_w%20bauman/details/ |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:21:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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