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2LT Peter Knudsen Jr.

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2LT Peter Knudsen Jr. Veteran

Birth
Death
10 Sep 1942 (aged 21)
Wallowa County, Oregon, USA
Burial
San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION K SITE 2856-B
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Second Lieutenant Knudsen served with the
18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group aboard
U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress
#41-24627.

He was killed when the bomber crashed, twenty-
five miles southeast of Enterprise, in Wallowa
County, Oregon.

Six other Army service members also perished.

From Monterey, Calif.

The airmen killed were:

1st Lt. Richard E Pinneo (pilot)
2nd Lt. Anthony Di Menno
Pfc. George L Schaffer
2nd Lt. Rene A Fournier
2nd Lt. John W Zureck, Jr
Cpl. Robert C Raschka
Second Lieutenant Knudsen served with the
18th Bomb Squadron, 34th Bomb Group aboard
U.S. Army Air Corps B-17F Flying Fortress
#41-24627.

He was killed when the bomber crashed, twenty-
five miles southeast of Enterprise, in Wallowa
County, Oregon.

Six other Army service members also perished.

From Monterey, Calif.

The airmen killed were:

1st Lt. Richard E Pinneo (pilot)
2nd Lt. Anthony Di Menno
Pfc. George L Schaffer
2nd Lt. Rene A Fournier
2nd Lt. John W Zureck, Jr
Cpl. Robert C Raschka

Inscription

2LT, 18 AAF BOMB SQ WORLD WAR II



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