John R Peterson

Military

INT after crashing into Baltic on 25 Mar 45 in B-24 'Eager One' #44-10517.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-10517

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Eager One
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Interned (INT)

Sweden 25 March 1945

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to the 713th BS per MACR #14179 at Fold3.com.
See: https://www.fold3.com/image/29036793?terms=44-10517

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Changed the location of the "Interned" event to "Sweden”.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 14179 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database