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PEACOCK, James Warner Jr - Date of
birth
17 December 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Lauderdale County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-742887 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Co-Pilot -
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 July 1944 - Place of
death
Near Lathen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
James W. Peacock (father)
Bessie (Fitzgerald) Peacock (mother)
Frances Peacock (sister)
Henry W. Peacock (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30150 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Exterminator
Destination: Oschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Ago / Focke-Wulf - aircraft industry
MACR: 214
More information
Lt James W. Peacock attended the University of Southern California and was employed as a bank clerk for the Bank of America in Los Angeles.The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft and exploded. According to witnesses, one parachute was seen to open.
The entire crew of ten was killed and is remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. Their remains were never found.
The mission took place on 28 July 1943.
The entire crew was officially declared dead one year and one day later.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten