Arthur C Cwiklinski
Military
Top row L-R: Joseph L. Lang, Robert P. Kenyon, David K. Needham, Dean E. Lange, Timothy J. Cronin, Lynd J. Cox and William E. Whalen.
Middle row L-R: Herbert O. Vandervate, Jack D. McFadden, Arthur C. Cwiklinski, Benjamin Q. Ezzell (Intelligence Officer), Carl F. Brown Jr., Kenneth J. Rudkin, C. G. Howard, Jerome E. Jahnke and Lewis F. Wells.
Bottom row L-R: Robert L. Hills, Leonard R. Werner, ? Akin, Willard G. Gillette, Thomas A. Underwood, Henry E. Clifton and Edward J. Wozniak.
Unassociated wrong Carl Brown and associated right one
Object Number - UPL 14366 - July 1944 - Pilots of the 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group. Top row L-R: Joseph L. Lang, Robert P. Kenyon, David K. Needham, Dean E. Lange,...
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on strafing mission in P-51 44-13314 near Beauvais when his section was bounced by 15 plus Bf109's, 18-Aug-44. Abandoned A/C and evaded capture by hiding up until front advanced beyond his position. EVD/RTD.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 14 March 1924 | |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 5 June 1944 - 18 August 1944 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Evaded / Returned to Duty (EVD/RTD) |
Beauvais, France | 18 August 1944 | Having baled out, evaded capture by hiding up until front advanced beyond his position. EVD/RTD. |
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Other Shot down |
Beauvais, France | 18 August 1944 | Shot down on strafing mission in P-51 44-13314 near Beauvais when his section was bounced by 15 plus Bf109's, 18-Aug-44. |
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Died |
Milwaukee, WI, USA | 24 April 2008 | |
| St Paul, Minnesota, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7940 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
