Dean Marvin Peppmeier
MilitaryLt. Peppmeier was initially assigned to US Army Coast Artillery MOD Washington; Transferred to USAAF for pilot training; flew Stearman PT-17, Vultee BT-13, and AT-10 before transitioning to B-24 Liberators.
Crashed near Hosendaal on 8/26/44 in B-24 "Satan's Little Sister" #42-50318, Prisoner of War (POW).
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Little Sister
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth Germany | 26 August 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Copied the "middle name" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Added a POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8472 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database