Richard C Peters
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Monroe Evening News -- Tuesday, July 18, 1944
Monroe, Michigan
Object Number - UPL 24089 - Richard C. Peters, age 20, was killed in action April 29 somewhere over Germany according to an official notice received July 11 by his sister, Mrs,...
Richard Peters was a WWII tail gunner from Dundee, Michigan. His father William Peters, owned a house on Cake Road Dundee, Michigan and his mother Lucy Peters was a stay at home mom. He was the youngest of three children but he grew up as an only child because his older brother Elmer and his sister Edna had already left the house to start their own lives. His parents both only went to school up until the 8th grade. Richard attended school at the Bragg District and then Petersburg High School, where he graduated in 1941.
Richard Peters enlisted in March 2, 1943 at the age of 18. He received his training at Tent City in St. Petersburg, Florida, before being sent to Buckley Field, Colorado and received his diploma at Lowry Field, Colorado. He was later sent to gunnery school at Laredo, Texas and received his silver wings there, on September 13, when he graduated as an aerial gunner.
He was assigned to the 467th Bomb Group and flew with the 790th Bomber Squadron, as a tail gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. Richard had been in England for three months before his final mission on April 29th 1944, His last letter was dated April 25. He was on his way to bomb Berlin, when the plane was intercepted by enemy fighters over Hanover. He was last seen at 11:00 A.M. before bailing out of his damaged plane. Five crewmembers were killed and four became prisoners in Germany.
Today Richard Peters rest at the American War Cemetery Ardennes Plot B, Row 43, Grave 30. His Purple Heart award was received by his parents, August 10, 1944. Besides his parents, he was survived by one sister, Mrs. Edna Schrader of Detroit, and a brother, Elmer Peters, of Ypsilanti.
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Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4128749. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wild Irish Rose
- Unit: 467th Bomb Group 790th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 20 April 1944 | |
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Born |
Detroit, MI, USA | ||
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Buried |
Plot B, Row 43, Grave 30 |
Revisions
Pulled in information from a duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4943 / MACR 4943 and Watts book, page 83. Shot down by fighter en route to target Berlin; 7 KIA, 3 POW / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Niedermeier Center for Education - Public History Seminar - Spring 2016, attended by Adam Sakel, who added information to the other record.
Laura Cheap Scrapbook Volume IX, Page. 17 Monroe County Archive’s, Monroe MI. April 2016
Laura Cheap Scrapbook Volume X, Page. 102 Monroe County Archive’s, Monroe MI. April 2016.
Laura, Cheap. Scrapbook Volume 8, Page. 48 Monroe County Archive’s, Monroe, MI. April 2016.
Laura, Cheap. Scrapbook Volume X, Page 125 Volume. Monroe County Archive’s, Monroe MI. April 2016
Killed, Richard C Peters Monroe Evening News [Monroe, MI] July 18, 1944,
Father to Receive Son’s Air Medal, Richard C Peters Monroe Evening News [Monroe, MI] December 9, 1944
Two County Men Missing, Richard C Peters Monroe Evening News [Monroe, MI] May 17, 1944
Ancestry
Year: 1930; Census Place: Dundee, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: 1012; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0009; Image: 835.0; FHL microfilm: 2340747.
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Year: 1940; Census Place: Dundee, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: T627_1791; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 58-12
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
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https://www.abmc.gov/
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http://www.wwiimemorial.com/
https://www.fold3.com/
Monroe County Library System. Board of Trustees and meeting minutes. Web. 6 June, 2016.
American Battle Monument Commission. Web. 6 June, 2016.
Laura Cheap Scrapbook Volume IX, Page. 17 Monroe County Archive’s, Monroe MI. April 2016
Laura Cheap Scrapbook Volume X, Page. 102 Monroe County Archive’s, Monroe MI. April 2016.
Laura, Cheap. Scrapbook Volume 8, Page. 48 Monroe County Archive’s, Monroe, MI. April 2016.
Laura, Cheap. Scrapbook Volume X, Page 125 Volume. Monroe County Archive’s, Monroe MI. April 2016
Killed, Richard C Peters Monroe Evening News [Monroe, MI] July 18, 1944,
Father to Receive Son’s Air Medal, Richard C Peters Monroe Evening News [Monroe, MI] December 9, 1944
Two County Men Missing, Richard C Peters Monroe Evening News [Monroe, MI] May 17, 1944
Ancestry
Year: 1930; Census Place: Dundee, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: 1012; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0009; Image: 835.0; FHL microfilm: 2340747.
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Year: 1940; Census Place: Dundee, Monroe, Michigan; Roll: T627_1791; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 58-12
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. http://www.monroe.lib.mi.us/newspapers https://www.abmc.gov/ http://www.ancestryclassroom.com/ http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ https://www.fold3.com/
Monroe County Library System. Board of Trustees and meeting minutes. Web. 6 June, 2016. http://www.monroe.lib.mi.us/newspapers
American Battle Monument Commission. Web. 6 June, 2016. https://www.abmc.gov/
