FRE 13465
IMAGECaptain Richard A "Pete" Peterson of the 357th Fighter Group with his P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Hurry Home Honey". Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 17 Oct 1944.' [stamp] and '366005.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P.51 MUSTANG FIGHTER PILOTS IN E.T.O ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: Capt. Richard A. Peterson, Alexandria, Minnesota, a leading fighter pilot of the Eighth Air Force, with fifteen German planes destroyed, to his credit. He is Squadron Commander and has been over Berlin nine times.... more times than he has been to New York. He is twenty one years old GLE 272579 171044JP.'
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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection (uploaded May/2023)