Arlon Franklin Ziegler

Military
media-49964.jpeg UPL 49964 2nd Lt Arlon F Ziegler

USAAF photo

Object Number - UPL 49964 - 2nd Lt Arlon F Ziegler

Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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People

George C Mackenzie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Donald P Mann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

Francis D McCann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

John R Pearson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 839th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Effingham, IL 8 August 1921 Son of Erwin H. L. and Pauline B. [Burrow] Ziegler.

Enlisted

East St Louis, IL 18 September 1940 East St Louis, Illinois

Other

Ground Collision

Lavenham, UK 30 May 1944 Ground collision by other B-24 on ground at Lavenham. Crew OK RTD

Died

Long Beach, CA 23 June 2008

Buried

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cypress, Orange County, CA 26 June 2008 Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cypress, Orange County, California

Based

Lavenham Assigned to 839BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/84366291/arlon-f-ziegler-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/82720193/arlon-franklin-ziegler-social-sec…
https://www.fold3.com/record/620318074/arlon-ziegler-1921-veterans-affa…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27856892/arlon-franklin-ziegler

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ContributorIWMPM
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Sources

487th BG http://www.487thbg.org/roster/487thXYZ.htm

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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