Peter Greyno

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 8 November 1942 in B-17 41-24472 while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

306th Bomb Group

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

369th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-24472

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 17

Date: 8 November 1942
Official Description:

Places

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Lille, France	8 November 1942	Killed in action either by AA fire, enemy aircraft, or when the aircraft crashed.
Buried	Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, Netherlands		Buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 15, Grave 22.

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Lille, France

8 November 1942

Killed in action either by AA fire, enemy aircraft, or when the aircraft crashed.

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, Netherlands

Buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 15, Grave 22.

Revisions

Date22 Nov 2014 22:53:31

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Made aircraft connection per MACR 16133.

Date22 Nov 2014 22:52:17

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

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Lee Cunningham 22-Nov-2014. Added KIA event per MACR 16133; Added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.

Date29 Oct 2014 22:34:45

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

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Lee Cunningham 29-Oct-2014. American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

Date27 Sep 2014 18:21:23

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44 , MACR 16133