Arthur Miles Torrey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-26686.jpeg UPL 26686 Arthur M. Torrey, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25119

Object Number - UPL 26686 - Arthur M. Torrey, 93rd Bomb Group

Assigned to 93BG/330BS, B-24 41-23678 'Big Eagle' while serving as Radio Operator. Killed in Action (KIA) 9-Oct-42. Aircraft attacked by fighters near Dunkirk on the way to the assigned target Lille I/A, France. Direct hits to engine no. 4 and bomb bay area before crashing near Lille. 1 evaded and 3 Prisoner of War (POW)s.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14063517
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16034372 at enlistment, then O-442744
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32174174
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16038095
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16041264 at enlistment, then O-789241
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Eagle / Bathtub Bessie
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania 2 December 1915 in Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Enlisted

26 September 1941 as an Aviation Cadet in the Air Corps in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Dunkirk, France 9 October 1942 Killed when aircraft was attacked by fighters.

Buried

Originally buried in the Southern Cemetery of Lille, France. Re-interred after the war at Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot C, Row 9, Grave 32.
Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Cards for Pennsylvania

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Corrected BG association from PURGE; added KIA event.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 25-Oct-2014. American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p.37 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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