Leslie R Peterson

Military
Sergeant L.R. Peterson of the 457th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress. Image via LR Peterson. Written on slide casing: 'Sgt LR Peterson.' media-395499.jpg FRE 6679 Sergeant L.R. Peterson of the 457th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress. Image via LR Peterson. Written on slide casing: 'Sgt LR Peterson.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 6679 - Sergeant L.R. Peterson of the 457th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress. Image via LR Peterson. Written on slide casing: 'Sgt LR Peterson.'

Leslie R Peterson served as a radio operator/ gunner with the 457th Bomb Group. He completed 35 combat missions between 1 August 1944 and 31 December 1944. Twenty of his 35 missions were flown on B-17 42-97535.

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Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Buffalo, NY, USA 4 March 1943 Married at the time of his enlistment

Died

Lakewood, NY 14750, USA 14 October 1995

Born

Lakewood, NY 14750, USA Graduated high school this year

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=all&tf…

Obituary: http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1995-10-16/news/9510160122_1_pompano-b…

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ContributorLucy May
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Associated other images that LR Peterson shared with aviation historian Roger Freeman over the years.

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ContributorAAM
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1993 457th BGA Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Leslie R Peterson: Gallery (25 items)

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 457th Bomb Group fly in formation during a mission. Image via LR Peterson. Written on slide casing: 'C 24/12/44, B-17 Formation.'

Object number: FRE 6708 - B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 457th Bomb Group fly...