Arthur B Kluge

Military

July 4, 1944, on mission to FR in B-24#42-52688 ÒThe Paper DollÓ was hit by flak which teared through the cockpit . Both pilots were seriously injured. Pilot Pearson become unconscious. The engineer Sergeant Neiden replaced him and assisted CP Orlosky returneto England with a wheels up landing at Kent. Both pilots were hospitalized and recovered from injuries. T. J. Pearson crew.

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A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.

486th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / href=WWW.486th.org>WWW.486th.org> roster  Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p.28