Dean Marvin Peppmeier

Military
media-23940.jpeg UPL 23940 MACR 8472, page 2, B-24 42-50318 National Archives and Records Administration

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Object Number - UPL 23940 - MACR 8472, page 2, B-24 42-50318

Lt. Peppmeier was initially assigned to US Army Coast Artillery MOD Washington; Transferred to USAAF for pilot training; flew Stearman PT-17, Vultee BT-13, and AT-10 before transitioning to B-24 Liberators.

Crashed near Hosendaal on 8/26/44 in B-24 "Satan's Little Sister" #42-50318, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-50318) of the 446th Bomb Group drops its load over the target area in Orleans, France during a mission with fellow Liberators. Printed caption on reverse: '81185 AC- Consolidated B-24's drop tons of bombs on the Nazi airdrome at Orleans, France during a raid on 14 June 1944.'

42-50318

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Satan's Little Sister
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth Germany 26 August 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Copied the "middle name" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Added a POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8472 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 23940 - MACR 8472, page 2, B-24 42-50318