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2LT Gene Howard Peterson

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2LT Gene Howard Peterson

Birth
Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho, USA
Death
30 Nov 1944 (aged 22)
Leuna, Saalekreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Burial
Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho, USA Add to Map
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19W, 16, 10
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Second Lieutenant, 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group, World War II.

Pilot of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-97407, nicknamed "The As-Te-Risk." Struck by flak on mission to strike the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany. The bomber then collided with B-17 #44-8080 and crashed into a field. Missing Air Crew Report № 4047.
Three crewmembers survived and were taken as POWs. Six airmen were KIA:

2LT Maurice Bjorkstrom, O-710641, CA
2LT Gene H Peterson, O-768655, ID
TSGT Calvin C Davis, 16014331, MI
SGT Edmund S D'Inzillo, 12039724, NY
SSGT Harry L Goodwin, 36809399, OH
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Second Lieutenant, 570th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group, World War II.

Pilot of B-17G Flying Fortress #42-97407, nicknamed "The As-Te-Risk." Struck by flak on mission to strike the I.G. Farben chemical and synthetic oil works at Leuna, Merseburg, Germany. The bomber then collided with B-17 #44-8080 and crashed into a field. Missing Air Crew Report № 4047.
Three crewmembers survived and were taken as POWs. Six airmen were KIA:

2LT Maurice Bjorkstrom, O-710641, CA
2LT Gene H Peterson, O-768655, ID
TSGT Calvin C Davis, 16014331, MI
SGT Edmund S D'Inzillo, 12039724, NY
SSGT Harry L Goodwin, 36809399, OH
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