Arthur Emmitt Copeland

Military

Shot down 6 September 1943 in B-17 #42-5942 "Sky Shy". Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12024448 and T-60282
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13076894
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33007559 and O-729620
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31160005
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sky Shy/ Wenatchee Special
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Decatur, IL, USA 9 February 1919

Other

Bailed out

near Ulm, Germany 6 September 1943 from B-17 # 42-5942, shot down by fighters and Flak

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

6 September 1943 - 29 April 1945 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched end of January 1945 to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated by US troops

Died

St James, MO 65559, USA 16 September 1994

Revisions

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Sources

MACR 3121
NARA WWI enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3121 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database