Peter J Fryer
MilitaryShot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24478 on 5th mission over St. Nazaire, France, while serving as Navigator. Aircraft was attacked by FW 190's and took direct hits on the left engines. He bailed out just north of St. Nazaire. He was captured immediately by German soldiers.
POW, AM
On Sunday 23 November 2003 Peter Fryer traveled to Piriac-sur-Mer to inaugurate a monument to the eight members of his crew who died that day 23 November 1942. 200 people attended the ceremony including the American Consul General.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
![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.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bartlesville, Oklahoma | 18 November 1921 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 23 November 1942 - 10 August 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 1, Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 10-Aug-45. |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag Luft I per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Lee Cunningham 2-Dec-2014. Edited POW dates per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. MACR 15392; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor; self, MACR 15392 , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia