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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Don M. Peterson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Honored By

Jerry Penry

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A P-47G ‘THUNDERBOLT’ FIGHTER PILOT, WHO WAS KILLED JULY 7, 1944 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE BRUNING, NEBRASKA ARMY AIR FIELD. WHILE IN THE LANDING PATTERN, HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS ‘THUNDERBOLT’, WHICH VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT, CRASH LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 AND CART WHEELED INTO A FIELD.