Peter J. Farrell

FARRELL, Peter J Servicenumber: 37585338 Age: Not available Born: Not available Hometown: Edmunds, Stutsman County, North Dakota Family: James F. Farrell (father) Velma E. (Lawler) Farrell (mother) Frank E. Farrell (brother) Ted P. Farrell (brother) Gerald M. Farrell (brother) Betty J. Farrell (sister) Rank: Sergeant Function: Tail Gunner Regiment: - Battalion: - Division €“ Transport: - Company €“ Squadron: 358th Bomber Squadron Unit €“ Group: 303rd Bomber Group, Heavy Plane data: (Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) Serialnumber: 43-38530 Type: B-17G Destination: Sterkrade, Germany Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil plant MACR: 11758 Date of death: 22 January 1945 Status: KIA Place of death: Oberhausen-Sterkrade, Germany Spot: Not available Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters Gravenumber: Plot L, Row 20, Grave 10 Cemetery: American War Cemetery Margraten Biography: 303rd Bomb Group Heavy Other information: The airplane received a direct hit in #2 engine from A/A gunfire. The left wing broke off and the it went down with his left side burning. Several witnesses reported that it then exploded in the air. Two to three parachutes were reported to have seen just about the time the airplane exploded, as if some of crew had been blown out. Seven crew members were killed, two were taken prisoner. Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - various family trees Photo source: Michel Beckers, 303rdBomberGroup.com