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Personal info

Full name
PETERSON, George Bang
Date of birth
24 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Hometown
Grand Forks County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
17155279
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
735th Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 May 1944
Place of death
Hildesheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 12 34

Immediate family

Members
Paul J. Peterson (father)
Dorothea M. (Bang) Peterson (mother)
Phillip L. Peterson (brother)
Sylvia B. (Blackmore) Peterson (sister)
Helen M. (Kolar) Peterson (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-50327
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Gypsy Queen
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Industrial Area
MACR: 4592

More information

Sgt George B. Peterson volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 3 November 1942.

The airplane was shot down by a German fighter.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Rob Minteer57, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.fold3.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com