John J Peterson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Removed incorrect associations to Framlingham and Parham Airfield Museum. As per IWM's War Memorials Register this memorial is located on Pen Y Gadair Fawr mountain peak near Llanbedr village in Wales.
Object Number - UPL 74741 - Crash site of Ascend Charlie B17 42-5903
Staff Sergeant John L. Peterson was born August 27, 1917. His next of kin were his wife, Alfreda Peterson, his mother, Emily Kaleta, and his brother, Maynard Peterson. He was from Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
He was the Right Waist Gunner aboard “Ascend Charlie,” B-17 tail #42-5903, of the 390th Bomb Group, 571st Bomb Squadron. On return from a mission to France on September 16, 1943, the bomber become lost in bad weather, and crashed into a mountain near Brecknoch, Wales. All aboard were killed.
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Cambridge, England.
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ascend Charlie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Perth Amboy, NJ, USA | 27 August 1917 | Staff Sergeant John J. Peterson was born August 27, 1917. His next of kin were his wife, Alfreda Peterson, his mother, Emily Kaleta, and his brother, Maynard Peterson. He was from Perth Amboy, New Jersey. |
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Died |
Wales, UK | 16 September 1943 | He was the Right Waist Gunner aboard “Ascend Charlie,” B-17 tail #42-5903, of the 390th Bomb Group, 571st Bomb Squadron. On return from a mission to France on September 16, 1943, the bomber become lost in bad weather, and crashed into a mountain near Brecknoch, Wales. All aboard were killed. |
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Buried |
He is buried in the US Military Cemetery at Cambridge, England. Plot F Row 5 Grave 71 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3720 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
