Vernon Arthur Arneson

Military
media-37626.jpeg UPL 37626 Lt Vernon Arneson crew, 614BS, 401BG, 8AF.

Rear Row L - R : Sgt Clennie C Shults, S/Sgt Armand L Provencher, Unk, Sgt Adrian L Shutes, Sgt Edward Trambitsky, Unk.

Front row L-R : 2Lt Vernon A Arneson, Unk, Unk, 2Lt George J Gilmore Jr.

Unknowns - S/Sgt Frederic E Webb, S/Sgt Richard G Schmidt, 2Lt's John H Dean and Jerome E Kleinburg.

Object Number - UPL 37626 - Lt Vernon Arneson crew, 614BS, 401BG, 8AF. Rear Row L - R : Sgt Clennie C Shults, S/Sgt Armand L Provencher, Unk, Sgt Adrian L Shutes, Sgt Edward...

Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Osccherlsleben in B-17 42-38002; hit by flak, A/C set upon by fighters, 1 x engine dead, controls shotup, baled out. 22-Feb-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2661



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12131384 / O-809557
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-682107
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-678877
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11083958
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36724944
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Benicia, California, USA 13 November 1922 Son of Arthur C and Helena [Gonsales] Arneson.

Enlisted

San Francisco, CA 13 April 1942

Other

Baled out POW

Brunswick, Germany 22 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Osccherlsleben in B-17 42-38002; hit by flak, A/C set upon by fighters, 1 x engine dead, controls shotup, baled out. 22-Feb-44. POW MACR 2661

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 27 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Benicia, CA 30 January 1995

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Deenethorpe 22 February 1944 Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Benicia, CA Details as yet unknown, last resided Benicia, CA. Parents interred St Dominics Catholic Cemetery, Benicia, Solano County, CA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2661 / MACR 2661, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=189 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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