Mitchell McArthur
Military
Object Number - UPL 48459 - Mitchell McArthur, 452BG
Assigned to 728BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg in B-17 42-39841 'Wacky Woody' 25-Feb-44; shot down by fighters and flak and crashed near Saarbrucken. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2862
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15334414
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-687281
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809523
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-749669
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36417395
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wacky Woody
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
California, USA | 3 August 1917 | Son of Sherman McArthur and Lena McArthur. |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 29 April 1942 | Detroit, Michigan |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 25 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VI and later Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Houston, Harris County, TX | 20 March 1982 | |
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Buried |
Victoria Memorial Gardens Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada | 23 March 1982 | Victoria Memorial Gardens Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada |
| Wayne County, MI, USA | |||
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Based |
Deopham Green | 25 February 1944 | Assigned to 728BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorCAROL BAKER-MURRAY
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ContributorCAROL BAKER-MURRAY
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ContributorLucy May
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2862, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
