Peter Augustine Boele Jr
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Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Wingman 55th FS. 74:40 combat hours. Failed to Return (FTR) in P-38 42-104395 25-May-44; downed by flak Vlissingen, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5282
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 12 March 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 8 May 1942 | Los Angeles, California |
Other Crashed |
Santa Ana, CA, USA | 15 January 1944 | Forced Landing out of Fuel 3 miles from Orange Co AAF, Santa Ana, CA Cat 5 damage 2Lt Peter A Boele, 15-Jan-44. P-38G 42-12840 - 332FS 329FG 4AF |
Based |
Wittering | 29 March 1944 - 25 May 1944 | Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Off Vlissingen, Netherlands | 25 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Brussels. Hit by flak at level and crashed into North Sea Off Vlissingen, Holland in P-38J 42-104395. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5282. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Coton, Cambs, UK | ||
Fresno, CA, USA | |||
Buried |
Liberty Veterans cemetery Fresno, CA | Memorialised Liberty Veterans cemetery Fresno, California |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/page/529899187_peter_a%20boele/details/
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Boele%2C+Peter&Sā¦
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22515327
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56287894
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5282 / MACR 5282, King;'s Cliffe Memorial Edition / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list