Richard A Peery

Military

On 29-Nov-43 2LT Richard A. Peery was piloting P-47D 42-22484 [YF:L] "Slugger", 355FG/358FS on a mission with other P-47 from 355FG on a mission to provide penetration support to bombers attacking at Breman, Germany. When the flight reached Holland it was attacked by German fighters. His aircraft sustained battle damage in the attack and he was forced to crash land the aircraft near Giessendam, Holland and we was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

355th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

358th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

42-22484

Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
Nicknames: Slugger
Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron

Missions

Flight Surgeon Captain George R. Hornig serves up tea to pilots of the 56th Fighter Group in the mess at Halesworth air base. On the front row are, left to right: Captain Francis S. Gabreski, Lieutenant Eugene E. Barnum, an unknown pilot and Lieutenant-Colonel David C. Schilling. Passed for publication 29 November 1943. Printed caption attached to the rest of this series: '"Ace" Flight-Surgeon is combination family physician, foster-father and chaplain.' And: 'Associated Press photo shows: "Doc" Hornig he

VIII Fighter Command FO-192

Date: 29 November 1943

Places

Steeple Morden

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Barth, Germany	29 November 1943 - 9 June 1945	Held at Stalag Luft 1, Barth-Voglesang, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 9-Jun-45
Born

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany

29 November 1943 - 9 June 1945

Held at Stalag Luft 1, Barth-Voglesang, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 9-Jun-45

Born

Revisions

Date19 Jul 2015 17:57:19

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 19-Jul-2015. Added Radio Call Letters and Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and MACR 1285; Added POW event and Decoration per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:24

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1285 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list