Peter Augustine Boele Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-38112.jpeg UPL 38112 2Lt Peter Boele 55th FS J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 38112 - 2Lt Peter Boele 55th FS

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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

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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

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