Harold S Arnold

Military
media-52690.jpeg UPL 52690 1st Lt Harold S Arnold, 401BG.

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Object Number - UPL 52690 - 1st Lt Harold S Arnold, 401BG.

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Clyde Lewis crew.

Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clyde A Lewis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800905
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31069

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little moe
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-31077

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pakawalup II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

42-31485

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Ironsides
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-31730

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Morning Star, Tail End Charlie
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

42-37833

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Omar The Dent Maker | The Devil's Daughter
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

637

  • Date: 17 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Camden, ME 11 December 1917 Son of Colburn and Emma Arnold.

Enlisted

Fort Devens, MA 8 January 1942 Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Died

3 August 1973

Buried

Mount View Cemetery Camden, Knox County, ME 6 August 1973 Mount View Cemetery Camden, Knox County, Maine

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
Contributoracbernstein1
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations and mission associations. Changes to Missions
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0758

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and media associations
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/85485877/harold-s-arnold-wwii-army-enlistm…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0758
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=13231
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122090754/harold-s-arnold

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ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=758

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