8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Charles Warren Arnold Jr
Military
Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.
End of War (EOW).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
Units served with
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20th Fighter Group
Group
In August 1943, the 20th Fighter Group arrived in Clyde, Scotland, before travelling to Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire, which was to be their base for the rest of the war. The Group flew 312 missions before their last mission on 25 April 1945. The... -
55th Fighter Squadron
Squadron
Associated Place
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Wittering
Military site : airfield
Wittering, now in Cambridgeshire, began as RFC Stamford in 1916. By the end of the First World War, it had been renamed RAF Wittering, and was used by both British and American aircraft. It had six hangars, fifteen aircraft sheds and many other...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Abingdon, VA, USA | 24 July 1922 |
| Lived in | Ashland, KY, USA | 6 June 1941 |
| Enlisted | Louisville, KY, USA | 14 May 1942 |
| Crashed | Scottsdale Municipal Airport (SCF), 15000 N Airport Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, USA | 21 July 1942 |
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Landing Accident Thunderbird Field, AZ Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Charles W Arnold, 21-Jul-42. PT-17 41-8656 - 6AAFFTD |
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| Assigned | Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK | 23 April 1945 – May 1945 |
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Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| End of War (EOW) | May 1945 | |
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End of War (EOW). |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 November 2016 03:09:39 | scouter_chuck | Changes to events |
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Updates and Corrections, CW ArnoldIII 11/25/16 585-469-1462 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 November 2016 02:08:56 | scouter_chuck | Changes to highest rank |
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Service records show 'Hap' was a 1st Lieutenant both before and returning from European Theatre. CW Arnold III, son of CW Arnold Jr. (deceased 11/16/2016) Full records available. carnold@arnolda.com 585-469-1462. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 September 2016 16:48:04 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 July 2016 12:26:37 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, nickname, service number, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/88922438_charles_w%20arnold/details/ |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:06:01 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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