Added by: jenny_ashcraftTheodore Melvin Peterson
Added by: jenny_ashcraftThe propeller from Peterson's plane was rescued from the ocean floor and used to create a memorial to aviators who helped save France
Added by: jenny_ashcraftTheodore Melvin Peterson and wife Ann in front of monument created from the propellor of his downed plane in Plourhan, France.
Added by: jenny_ashcraftThe propeller from Peterson's B-17 Flying Fortress
Added by: jenny_ashcraftPeterson's crew: Pilot - Theodore Melvin Peterson; Co-pilot Jack Willis Bourne; Navigator - Woodrow Pershing Moore; Bombardier - Warren J. Rosacker; Engineer - Maynard Martin Spencer; Radio/Gunner - John M. Scott; Right Waist Gunner - William Toye Ayre; Left Waist Gunner - Paul Reese Cribelar; Ball Turret Gunner - William Eugene Blublaugh; Tail Gunner - Gideon August Brown.
Added by: jenny_ashcraftSubmarine pens in St. Nazaire, France
Added by: jenny_ashcraftTheodore Peterson's Aviator Wings
Added by: jenny_ashcraftTheodore Peterson's French identity papers
Added by: jenny_ashcraftTelegram sent to the family of Theodore Peterson after his B-17 was shot down
Added by: jenny_ashcraftThe oak tree where Theodore Peterson's chute became tangled in after landing
Added by: jenny_ashcraftThe oak tree where Petersons's chute became entangled. Pictured are Theodore Peterson along with two villagers who helped him escape.
Added by: jenny_ashcraftCockpit of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber
Added by: jenny_ashcraftInside a B-17 bomber
Added by: jenny_ashcraftInside a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber
Added by: jenny_ashcraftThe propeller rescued from the ocean floor
Added by: jenny_ashcraftThe oak tree in the field where Theodore Peterson landed his parachute. The chute became tangled in the branches of this tree.
Added by: jenny_ashcraftA French commemorative plaque to "Lady Godiva," the B-17 piloted by Theodore Peterson
Added by: jenny_ashcraft526th Bomb Squadron
Peterson, Theodore Melvin (1919) - Page 1
Registration Card - Back
Missing Air Crew Report