Arthur E Aracil

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down by flak and crashed at Greinau on 7/12/44 in B-17 'Doodles' 42-31493.



POW

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31493

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Doodles, Doodlee Doo
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group

Events

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Prisoner of war

12 July 1944

Born

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7509