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T/Sgt Charles B. Peacock attended high school for 4 years and was employed at the Hotel Revere before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 22 June 1942.

The mission took place on 6 September 1943.

1st Lt David E. Olsson:
B-17F 42-30271 piloted by 2nd Lt glen F. Ransom was observed to be having difficulty to keep up with the formation and its rate of reaches. Over France, the bombs were dropped but still being unable to keep up, left formation at about Soissons, France in order to return to base. As last sighted an effort was being made to get into the clouds as enemy fighters were them beginning their work.

S/Sgt Vincent J. Cox:
He survived the crash on 6 September 1943, and was taken in by the French Resistance. Along with tail gunner Vincent Cox, he was smuggled toward neutral Spain via a secret escape network.

At the end of October 1943, they began the grueling journey on foot across the Pyrenees. Just before reaching safety, Peacock became completely exhausted from weeks of hiding. On 30 October 1943, he succumbed to hunger, exhaustion and hypothermia in the freezing mountains of Andorra. His body was never found.

He is remembered at the Hilltop Cemetery in Mendham, New Jersey.