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2LT John T Peterson

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2LT John T Peterson Veteran

Birth
Minnesota, USA
Death
21 Jul 1944 (aged 22)
Molenschot, Gilze en Rijen Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Burial
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section C-23 Site 13517
Memorial ID
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Navigator aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-31013 "Myasam Dragon." Shot down by
anti-aircraft artillery flak on mission to Regensburg and crashed near Molenschot, Netherlands.

All ten crew members were Killed In Action:

2nd Lt. Kenneth L Gregg, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth E Smith, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. John T Peterson, Navigator
2nd Lt. Joseph J George, Bombardier
Sgt. Carl H Allen, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Frederick R Kendig, Radio Operator
Sgt. Latham W Neal, Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. John G Price, Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Walter L Woolf, Left Waist Gunner
Sgt. Joseph M Zagula, Ball Turret Gunner
~
Entered the service from Minnesota; ASN O-708549.
Enlisted at Minneapolis, MN, October 23, 1942.
Navigator aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-31013 "Myasam Dragon." Shot down by
anti-aircraft artillery flak on mission to Regensburg and crashed near Molenschot, Netherlands.

All ten crew members were Killed In Action:

2nd Lt. Kenneth L Gregg, Pilot
2nd Lt. Kenneth E Smith, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. John T Peterson, Navigator
2nd Lt. Joseph J George, Bombardier
Sgt. Carl H Allen, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Frederick R Kendig, Radio Operator
Sgt. Latham W Neal, Right Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. John G Price, Top Turret Gunner
Sgt. Walter L Woolf, Left Waist Gunner
Sgt. Joseph M Zagula, Ball Turret Gunner
~
Entered the service from Minnesota; ASN O-708549.
Enlisted at Minneapolis, MN, October 23, 1942.

Inscription

2LT, 322 AAF BOMB SQ, 94 BOMB GP WORLD WAR II

Gravesite Details

Re-interred from overseas on November 8, 1949.



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