Clifford Jerome Peek Jr
MilitaryRemoved association to 42-31370. This image was published 15 November 1943, and as per aircraft biography 42-31370 was delivered to the 385th Bomb Group on 24 November 1943, at least 9 days after this image was taken.
Assigned to 549BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Handorf in B-17 42-107135 'Homesick Angel' 15-Aug-44; shot down by flak and crashed at Ijsseler. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7908
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Homesick Angel
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Shawnee, OK | 21 January 1921 | Son of Clifford Jerome Peek Sr. |
Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK | 17 September 1942 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 15 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
9 December 1979 | ||
Buried |
Rose Hill Burial Park Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK | 12 December 1979 | Rose Hill Burial Park Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma |
Based |
Great Ashfield | 15 August 1944 | Assigned to 549BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
I am Clifford J Peek's nephew. My mother was his sister. I noticed that the site had incorrectly listed his name as "Peck". I am trying to correct the error.
Thank you
Rob Hardin
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 7908
MACR 7908 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database