George T Arkoosh

Military
media-32839.jpeg UPL 32839 CPT George T. Arkoosh
466th BG Engineering Officer
Photo from his high school year book

Object Number - UPL 32839 - CPT George T. Arkoosh 466th BG Engineering Officer Photo from his high school year book

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Abel Mabel
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Laramie, WY, USA 21 January 1921

Enlisted

Francis E. Warren AFB, WY, USA 2 March 1942

Other

Operation Home Run

Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 1 June 1945 Was assigned as a passenger on B-24 #44-50490 "Able Mabel." John Graef was the pilot, but the rest of the crew was the Elmer Anderson Crew. Arkoosh was one of 10 passengers that included squadron commander John Remillet.
Laramie, WY, USA 815 South 10th Street

Died

Tucson, AZ, USA

Buried

Tucson, AZ, USA Holy Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA Plot Section 8N

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188846839/george-t.-arkoosh
466th BG Archives - Operations Order #10 - 787th BS - 1 June 1945 (Operation Home Run)

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research by genealogist Marcia Melnyk

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466th BG Historian

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