Harold S Arnold

Military

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

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

Date6 Dec 2021 02:37:16
Contributoracbernstein1
Sources

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

Date31 Oct 2021 16:57:50
ContributorAl_Skiff
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

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:13
ContributorAAM
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

Harold S Arnold: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 52676 - Lt Clyde Lewis and crew. 615BS, 401BG Rear L-R...

Object number: UPL 52689 - 1st Lt Harold S Arnold, 401BG.

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