Arnet Lee Furr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-28212.jpeg UPL 28212 Arnet L. Furr

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Object Number - UPL 28212 - Arnet L. Furr

Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg in B-17 'Half N Half' 42-38064 Mid air collision with B-17 44-8418 8-Nov-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10344



Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

People

Upper body image of man wearing a military uniform and hat which is tilted slightly to the left side. The man is looking directly at the camera and smiling

Joseph W Andrews

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16114038 / O-723260
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Sterling H Book

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-714630
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There is a WWII-era Air Force round enlisted man’s badge pinned in the center of the hat. Man is looking off into the distance and not smiling

Donald D Brunsvold

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17071215
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Leon M Plagianos

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32178141 / O-708040
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Warren M Rankin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33172792
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-38064

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Half ‘n Half | Arf ‘n Arf
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Vesderburg, Indiana, USA 15 January 1924 Son of Freeman Glen and Nora Edna [Clickner] Furr.

Enlisted

Fort Harrison State Park, 6000 N. Post Road, Indianapolis, IN 46216, USA 15 December 1942 Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN.

Died

English Channel 8 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg in B-17 'Half N Half' 42-38064 Mid air collision with B-17 44-8418 8-Nov-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10344

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery

Based

Glatton 8 November 1944 Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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https://457thbombgroupassoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Eyewitnes.pdf

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529876182-arnet-l-furr
https://www.fold3.com/image/652835713?terms=furr,arnet
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56298903/arnet-lee-furr

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #44-8418 listed in the "Summary biography".

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529876182-arnet-l-furr
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762960?terms=Arnet%20L%20Furr
https://www.fold3.com/record/84321522-arnet-l-furr
https://www.fold3.com/image/29247674
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56298903/arnet-l-furr

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/record/529876182-arnet-l-furr
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762960?terms=Arnet%20L%20Furr
https://www.fold3.com/record/84321522-arnet-l-furr
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56298903/arnet-l-furr

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 10344 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10344 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Arnet Lee Furr: Gallery (6 items)

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