Earl N Peronto

Military

Prisoner of War. Shot down by flak and crashed at Michelsmoor on 8/6/44 in B-17 'Home James' 42-97131

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A 457th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress ('Z', serial number 42-97131) flies near the photographer's aircraft; another B-17 is in the background.

42-97131

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Home James
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bennettsville, South Carolina, USA 6 May 1916

Died

29 March 1995

Buried

Florida National Cemetery, 6502 Southwest 102nd Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 August 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorcfinney
Changes
Sources

Name appears in Parker Finney's POW Diary 1944 - 1945 Stalag III Sagan Germany and Stamlager VIIA Moosberg Germany

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Pnames.html

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7889 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database