William H Peters

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-34782.jpeg UPL 34782 This is a photo that my grandfather had of my great uncle Buddy. It was given to me by my father. William H. "Buddy" Peters

This is a photo that my grandfather had of my great uncle Buddy. It was given to me by my father.

Object Number - UPL 34782 - This is a photo that my grandfather had of my great uncle Buddy. It was given to me by my father.

Shot down 8 May 1944 on 9th mission in B-24 #4294957. Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-94957

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 701st Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

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Killed in Action (KIA)

Hollland 8 May 1944

Born

Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

Buried

Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Kentucky

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This is my grandmothers brother from Owensboro, Kentucky.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4786 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / relative, MACR 4786

William H Peters: Gallery (12 items)

Object number: UPL 34782 - This is a photo that my grandfather had of my...

Object number: UPL 34806 - William H. "Buddy" Peters B-24 at Tibenham...

Object number: UPL 34807 - William H. "Buddy" Peters

Object number: UPL 34815 - Feb. 1942, Sheppard Field, Texas

Object number: UPL 34816 - Feb. 1942, Sheppard Field, Texas

Object number: UPL 34817 - Feb. 1942, Sheppard Field, Texas

Object number: UPL 34849 - Newspaper article announcing William H. "Buddy"...

Object number: UPL 34850 - William H. "Buddy" Peters, Marion F. "Frank"...

Object number: UPL 34851 - William H. "Buddy" Peters and his siblings. Top...

Object number: UPL 34852 - William H. "Buddy" Peters and his sister Mary Ruth...

Object number: UPL 34976 - William H. " Buddy" Peters