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Altman, Peter William

Rank and Name, Aviation Machinist’s Mate Second Class Peter William Altman.

Unit/Placed in, Navy Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6), United States Navy.

 

Peter is born approx. on 1920 in Arizona.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Peter enlisted the service in California with service number # 3813020.

 

Peter ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a SBD2 Dauntless-2136 were,

Ens.          S. C. Hogan                Pilot

Amm2.      Peter W. Altman         Gunner

 

Peter died when they were on a patrol mission they collided with a other plane (2165) on April 2, 1942, he is honored with a Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Peter is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/78081

https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/sbd/2136.html

http://www.cv6.org/company/muster/display_ag.asp?page=VB%2D6/1

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Navy Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6)
Douglas SBD 2 Dauntless Bomber Plane
USS Enterprise (CV-6) Carrier (Base)
Casualty List
His rank Aviation Machinist's Mate Second Class