U.S. Army Air Force WORLD WAR II
Captain Hume Peabody, Jr. died in the "Line Of Duty" of a non-battle related incident during the war.
Hometown: Leonardtown Maryland
Resided in St. Mary's County, Maryland prior to the war.
5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group,
Service # O-023733
Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org
Graduate United States Military Academy Class of 1941
Captain Hume Peabody, Jr., son of Brigadier General and Mrs. Hume Peabody, was born in Riverside. California, on June 30th, 1919. He grew up in the Army Air Corps. Flying was his great interest and his major topic of conversation. He attended grammar school, like most Army brats, all over the world, and attended high school in Alabama, Washington, D.C., and Honolulu. At Roosevelt High School in Honolulu he became R.O.T.C. cadet captain during his senior year. Then from 1936 to 1937 he attended the West Point Prep School at Schofield Barracks and won a presidential appointment to West Point.
He died in an air crash over Gibraltar.
Captain Hume Peabody, Jr. died in the "Line Of Duty" of a non-battle related incident during the war.
Hometown: Leonardtown Maryland
Resided in St. Mary's County, Maryland prior to the war.
5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group,
Service # O-023733
Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org
Graduate United States Military Academy Class of 1941
Captain Hume Peabody, Jr., son of Brigadier General and Mrs. Hume Peabody, was born in Riverside. California, on June 30th, 1919. He grew up in the Army Air Corps. Flying was his great interest and his major topic of conversation. He attended grammar school, like most Army brats, all over the world, and attended high school in Alabama, Washington, D.C., and Honolulu. At Roosevelt High School in Honolulu he became R.O.T.C. cadet captain during his senior year. Then from 1936 to 1937 he attended the West Point Prep School at Schofield Barracks and won a presidential appointment to West Point.
He died in an air crash over Gibraltar.
U.S. Army Air Force WORLD WAR II
Captain Hume Peabody, Jr. died in the "Line Of Duty" of a non-battle related incident during the war.
Hometown: Leonardtown Maryland
Resided in St. Mary's County, Maryland prior to the war.
5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group,
Service # O-023733
Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org
Graduate United States Military Academy Class of 1941
Captain Hume Peabody, Jr., son of Brigadier General and Mrs. Hume Peabody, was born in Riverside. California, on June 30th, 1919. He grew up in the Army Air Corps. Flying was his great interest and his major topic of conversation. He attended grammar school, like most Army brats, all over the world, and attended high school in Alabama, Washington, D.C., and Honolulu. At Roosevelt High School in Honolulu he became R.O.T.C. cadet captain during his senior year. Then from 1936 to 1937 he attended the West Point Prep School at Schofield Barracks and won a presidential appointment to West Point.
He died in an air crash over Gibraltar.
Captain Hume Peabody, Jr. died in the "Line Of Duty" of a non-battle related incident during the war.
Hometown: Leonardtown Maryland
Resided in St. Mary's County, Maryland prior to the war.
5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group,
Service # O-023733
Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org
Graduate United States Military Academy Class of 1941
Captain Hume Peabody, Jr., son of Brigadier General and Mrs. Hume Peabody, was born in Riverside. California, on June 30th, 1919. He grew up in the Army Air Corps. Flying was his great interest and his major topic of conversation. He attended grammar school, like most Army brats, all over the world, and attended high school in Alabama, Washington, D.C., and Honolulu. At Roosevelt High School in Honolulu he became R.O.T.C. cadet captain during his senior year. Then from 1936 to 1937 he attended the West Point Prep School at Schofield Barracks and won a presidential appointment to West Point.
He died in an air crash over Gibraltar.
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