Arnet Lee Furr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 28212 - Arnet L. Furr
Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg in B-17 'Half N Half' 42-38064 Mid air collision with B-17 44-8418 8-Nov-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10344
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13109761
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35235299
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 749th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35123338
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vesderburg, Indiana, USA | 15 January 1924 | Son of Freeman Glen and Nora Edna [Clickner] Furr. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Harrison State Park, 6000 N. Post Road, Indianapolis, IN 46216, USA | 15 December 1942 | Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN. |
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Died |
English Channel | 8 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Merseberg in B-17 'Half N Half' 42-38064 Mid air collision with B-17 44-8418 8-Nov-44, Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 10344 |
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery | ||
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Based |
Glatton | 8 November 1944 | Assigned to 749BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Added a connection to A/C #44-8418 listed in the "Summary biography".
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1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 10344 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10344 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database