Arthur E McCloskey
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5135 - The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #150 dated 28 July 1944, Francis Cepits Crew, 31 combat missions. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17125201 / O-775755
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 06858319
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31406181
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flexible Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12122539 / O-886719
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35316522
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mairsy Doats
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 18 September 1942 | |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 28 July 1944 - 27 December 1944 | Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Manston, Ramsgate, Kent CT12, UK | 27 December 1944 | His aircraft, 42-31484, sustained battle damage and attempted to land away at RAF Manston, Kent. Crashed into aircraft in the dispersal area and exploded, killing the entire crew. |
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Buried |
28 December 1944 | Plot D Row 5 Grave 60 Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge England | |
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Born |
Alaska, Canada |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…