Arthur Henry Carlson
MilitaryAssigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025; Mauled by fighters, #3 engine on fire, oxygen sytem shot out, A/C abandoned. Succumbed to Anoxia, trying to release upper turret gunner from his position. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10680
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082953 / O-824959
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Arsenic and Lace
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 765th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Portland, OR | 12 March 1923 | Son of Carl H Carlson. |
Enlisted |
Portland, OR | 14 December 1942 | Portland, Oregon |
Died |
Olomouc-Neředín, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-52025; Mauled by fighters. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10680 |
Buried |
Re-Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St. Avold, France Plot D Row 40 Grave 21 | ||
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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