The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Bugane Peterson

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Army serial number
39276395
Rank
Sgt (29 January 1944)
Sources
macr-crew, morning-report
Flags. known only from an OCR crew list; name may be misread

Aboard a lost aircraft

Morning reports

1 entry, first 29 January 1944, last 29 January 1944; grades seen: Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 726

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 15 · 18 July 1944
AFPPA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File-# 6981
Name of crew member:
PETERSON Eugene M.
s/Sgt
Rank:
39276395
Serial number:
Position: Crew (Bomber) Engineer
SASGT. PETERSON IS ALIVE AND WELL. THIS QUESTIONNAIRE
Did he bail out?
EVIDENTLY IS MEANT FOR SGT. M. M. DAVIS.
S/SGT. DAVIS*S REPORT WOULD READ THE SAME AS THAT OF
Where?
ST SGT EDGAR L. MILLS.
If not, why not' ?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane :
Was he injured?
Where was he when last seen?
Any hearsay information:
Source :
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
Total number of missions of above crew member
Dates and destinations if possible:
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 6981, page 15 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

Casualty questionnaire, page 27 · 18 July 1944
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File-# 6981
PETERSON Eugene M.
Name of crew member
Rank:
s/Sgt
Serial number:
39276395
Position: Crew (Bomber) Engineer
Did he bail out? YES ! AND SAFELY
Where? 125?) riles S.W. of KEMPTEN, GERMANY- BE) BR LT. BALL.
If not, why not' ?
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane: PETERSON
LANDED SAFELY, WAS COOL AND RESOURCEFUL BEFORE BAILINGOUT.
Was he injured? No
Where was he when last seen? I SAW HIM SEVERAL TIMES AT WETZLAR,
GIRMANY(DOLAG Gurr) WHICH WAS A KIND OF SEPARAMONCE"TER HE
Any-hoarsnyinformation
(GuESSED)
WAS UNHARKED AND OPTINISTIC. HE THOUGHT, HE WAS &
TOBE
SENT To AN ENLISTED MANS STALAG EAST oF BERLIN SOMEWHERE,
PERHAPS IN POLAND. I LEPT WETZLAR FOR BARTH BEFORE PETERSON
EFT.
EXP.HEWAS THEN IN GOOD SHAPE! I NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.
Source I HAVE HEARD No HEARSAY OF HIN.
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition: HE MUST HAVE
BEEN KILLED OR WOUNDED IN TRANSIT To ANOTHER CAMP - OR
MAYBE THE RUSS/ANS HAVE HIMBY MISTAKE (ARE YOUSURE You HAVEN'T
DISED HIN up WIT# THE ASST ENGINEER, T/SGT. nARCUS M.DAVIS, OF WHOM
I HAVE HEARD No WORD ?).
Total number of missions of above crew member: No KNOWLEDGE
Dates and destinations if possible:
11 "
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 6981, page 27 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

Casualty questionnaire, page 36: PETERSON Eugene M · 18 July 1944
AFPPA-11
INDIVIDUAL CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
File- 6981
Name of crew member:
PETERSON Eugene M.
Rank:
s/sgt
rtin
Davis
Serial number:
39276395
I/ Sgt.
Position: Crew (Bomber)
Engineer
Engineer
Did he bail out?
io Inowledge
No
Where?
If not, why not?
No
Last contact or conversation just prior to or at time of loss of plane:
Just before fighters hit us.
Was he injured? NO Inowledge
Where was he when last soen? Right waist gun position.
Any hearsay information:
None
Source:
Any explanation of his fate based in part or wholly on supposition:
None
Total number of missions of above crew member: 31
Dates and destinations if possible: April 10, is., Yug ipril 17 Belgrade,
Yug
Inril erner Neustiot mistriu. TIT 1100, Hannee
6. thrno- teverin, Yug. y, Bologna, June slutile run to
III U.CK. Do1OTTET missions.
Jul; 1914
6-3861, AF

National Archives, MACR 6981, page 36 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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