Arnold J Bugni
MilitaryOn 6 Mar 1944 on a mission to Erkner, Berlin, B-17F 42-31025 left formation over the target due to the mechanical failure of the #4 engine and on the return was attacked fighters knocking out another engine but was able to return and land at a base near Norfolk. Four wounded crewmen baled out over Holland. Returned to Duty (RTD).
B-17G 42-107013 ran off the runway after the landing gear collapsed upon landing after taking off and aborting an operational mission on 28 Mar 1944. RTD.
AM w/ 3 OLC, DFC
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Events
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Revisions
Added associations to A/C #42-31025 & A/C #42-107013 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.teunispats.net/t3500b.htm,