Arlon Franklin Ziegler
Military
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UPL 49964
2nd Lt Arlon F Ziegler
USAAF photo
Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Effingham, IL | 8 August 1921 | Son of Erwin H. L. and Pauline B. [Burrow] Ziegler. |
Enlisted |
East St Louis, IL | 18 September 1940 | East St Louis, Illinois |
Other Ground Collision |
Lavenham, UK | 30 May 1944 | Ground collision by other B-24 on ground at Lavenham. Crew OK RTD |
Died |
Long Beach, CA | 23 June 2008 | |
Buried |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cypress, Orange County, CA | 26 June 2008 | Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cypress, Orange County, California |
Based |
Lavenham | Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorIWMPM
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Sources
487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thXYZ.htm
'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia