Arthur Boyd Bomberger
Military
Object Number - UPL 43647 - Staff Sergeant Arthur Boyd Bomberger
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-30231. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 29 May 1943
- Date: 11 June 1943
- Date: 13 June 1943
- Date: 22 June 1943
- Date: 28 June 1943
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 | |
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Born |
Revisions
The Route as Briefed by John S. Sloan
Official records
Official records
Official records
Personal recollection of Arthur Bomberger
Personal research by Alwyn Lloyd of Bellevue Washington
Private research by Alwyn Lloyd of Bellevue Washington
Based on plane serial number
Personal research by Alwyn Lloyd of Bellevue Washington
Personal research by Alwyn Lloyd of Bellevue Washington
Personal research by Alwyn Lloyd of Bellevue Washington
Private research Alwyn Lloyd, Bellevue Washington
Photograph and personal discusssion
Photographs and personal discussions
Found on discharge papers.
Found on discharge papers
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 844
MACR 844 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
