Arthur Clarence Bergeron Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 22893 - Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944. Rear row -...
Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. 63 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Gottbus, Germany. Hit by flak whilst strafing aerodrome in P-47 42-26109 and crashed near Quackenbruck, Germany. Pilot 1st Lt Arthur C Bergeron Killed in Action (KIA).
MACR 5206.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-432117
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Wilmington, NC, USA | 9 February 1920 | Son of Arthur C Sr and Jewel F Bergeron. |
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Enlisted |
Charlotte, NC, USA | 12 May 1942 | Charlotte, North Carolina |
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Other Commissioned |
Spence field, Moultrie, GA | 30 August 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. |
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Based |
Raydon | 26 January 1944 - 29 May 1944 | Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK | 19 May 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
Quakenbrück, Germany | 29 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Gottbus, Germany. Hit by flak whilst strafing aerodrome in P-47 42-26109 and crashed near Quackenbruck, Germany. Pilot 1st Lt Arthur C Bergeron Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5206. |
| Greensboro, NC, USA | |||
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neupre, Belgium Plot A Row 20 Grave 13 | |
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Other Operational training |
Dale Mabrey Field, Tallahassee, FL | Operational training - Dale Mabrey Field, Tallahassee, Florida |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 5206;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5206 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list