Harold S Arnold

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

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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Aircraft

A flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 401st Bomb Group. B-17 (serial number 44-8153) is visible in the foreground. Printed caption on reverse: '59329 AC- 8th AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses over Mannheim, Germany, 1 February 1945. A- 8th AF Beoing B-17 Flying Fortresses near Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1 February 1945.' Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IW-N Becomin Back, 338738. IN-C, IW-F,-Q.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'
  • Date: 22 April 1944

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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.

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