Richard M Petrus
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 21931
Richard M Petrus - Council Bluffs, 446th BG, KIA
Charles D Taylor collection
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor
RTD crashed near Brussels on 27 Dec 44 in B-24 42-51312
Killed when 2 planes collided over base as they were coming in for landing after mission to Regenberg.
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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
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Harleston
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Council Bluffs, IA, USA | 14 July 1925 | |
Other Killed in action |
Redenhall, Harleston, Norfolk IP20, UK | 11 April 1945 | |
Buried |
Council Bluffs, IA, USA | Cedar Lawn Cemetery Council Bluffs, Iowa |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Correcting crew list; private document taken from website no longer available.
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Changes
Sources
ancestry.com: headstone application
Fold3: casualty lists
History of the 446th Bomb Group, Harold Jansen, p275
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11252 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database