Michael L Arooth
Military
Object Number - UPL 41330 - S/Sgt Michael Arooth, tail gunner.
Shot down 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-29896 'Tondelayo'. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to base. Officially credited with nine enemy aircraft destroyed as detailed in The Mighty Eighth by Roger Freeman. He received head injuries when The Tondelayo ditched in the English Channel. Flew three further missions after recovering from his wounds, but was grounded due to complications arising from his head wound.
Kassel Germany mission (Aircraft components) July 30, 1943 - Wounded in Action.
Awards: DSC, DFC, AM (2OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tondelayo
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Massachusetts, USA | 31 July 1919 | Son of Salim and Dora Mary Arooth. |
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Enlisted |
Springfield, MA | 25 August 1942 | Springfield, Massachusetts |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
4 December 1944 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Other Discharged USAF |
25 September 1962 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Phoenix, AZ | 15 February 1990 | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ | 20 February 1990 | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 271; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, Part I pg 213 and 271 and Part 2 pg 167
