Samuel L. PEAK

"Sam"

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NUMBER OF SERVICE

O-398074

AGE

27 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

5 May 1917 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TEXAS

ENLISTMENT STATE

TEXAS

FAMILY

Spouse : Juanita Prince Tarver Epplett

Children : Patricia Ann Peak Abel

Parents: Samuel LaField PAYNE Sr. & Elizabeth “Betty” Burns PAYNE

Siblings : Mary Maxine Peak Ray & Henry Ross Payne
Half Siblings : Leonard, Max Arlington, Billy Ward, William Worth & Albert Horatio

RANK

First Lieutenant

FONCTION

Pilot

JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

COMPANY

Company

BATTALION

Battalion

SQUADRON

534^th Bomber Squadron

GROUP

381^st Bomber Group, Heavy

ARMY

8^th US Air Force

DATE OF DEATH

22 June 1944

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STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Epagne-Epagnette - Abbeville

DATA PLAN

B-17 Fortress - type G-40-BO - s/n 42-97084 GD*H

"Spare Charlie"

b 17

Macr : 5918

Mission : Tingry (62) - Abbeville

Takeoff station 167 Ridgewell, Essex
Shots by flak - Wing on fire and 2 HS engines-

Plane evacuated by MitD only at 7:08 p.m. just before the explosion and the crash - Plane 100% destroyed

CEMETERY TEMPORARY

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Mareuil-Caubert -

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of St André N°3572

Story of Cemetery Temporary

CEMETERY

NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE

Plot	Row	Grave
A	4	30

DECORATION

Air Medal & 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilot

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

STORY

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SOURCE INFORMATION

Complete history of the B 17

Somme-aviation-39-45.fr

Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-40-BO - s/n 42-97084 GD*H

"Spare Charlie"

1st Lieutenant

Samuel L "Sam" PEAK

Pilot

Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer

O-398074 - AM+3/PH - born in 1917 - Fils de Samuel Lee et Elizabeth Ann (Burns) Peak - Leesville, Louisiana

1st Lieutenant

Robert F "Bob" PETROSKI

CoPilot

Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer

O-801198 - AM+1/PH - Wayne, Michigan

2nd Lieutenant

John K LUNDBERG

Navigator

Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer

O-676081 - AM+1 - Salt Lak City, Utah

2nd Lieutenant

Allen

OSTERBERG

Bomber

Dead

Gardens of Rest, Escabana

O-741356 - 26 yo- born the 25/10/1917 - Escanaba, Michigan - Inhumé USA en 1949

S/Sergeant

Murl F SIMMONS

Mechanic/Gunner

Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer

32663831 - AM+2/PH - Gouverneur, New York

S/Sergeant

Frank A Jr

WELKE

Radio/Gunner

Dead

Greenfield Cem. - Uniondale, New York

32800468 - 20 yo - Hempstead, New York - Inhumé USA en 1949

S/Sergeant

SCHARFF

Gunner

Dead

Woodlawn Cem. - Bronx, New York

12148493 - 22 yo- Né le 10/12/1921 - Bronx, New York

S/Sergeant

Richard D

OBERLIN

Gunner

Prisoner - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow

35547736 - West Unity, Ohio

S/Sergeant

Max L ROCKEY

Gunner

Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer

36417125 - AM+2/PH - Springport, Michigan

equipage b17 spare charlie

Crouching, left to right : Pilot Samuel L Peak 1^st Lieutenant, Co pilot Victor R. Romasco 2^nd Lieutenant , Navigator Thomas J Tracy 2^nd Lieutenant, Bomber Allen Hilding Osterberg 2^nd Lieutenant
Standing behind left to right : Gunner Francis Simmons Staff Sergent, Gunner Sergent Dick "Delno" Richard Oberlin Staff Sergent, Opérateur radio Frank Albert WelkeJr Staff Sergent, Assistant radio et Gunner Robert F. Scharff Staff Sergent , Armurier et Gunner Redin R Kilpatrick Staff Sergent, Gunner Max L Rockey. Staff Sergent

Source : Yann Defacque

equipage b17 spare charlie