Arnold Byron Lorick
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Family photo, copy in my possession. S. Sgt. Lorick was my uncle.
Object Number - UPL 43041 - Arnold Byron Lorick, Staff Sergeant, Tail Gunner on B-17 "Red Hot Riding Hood" 533 Squadron, 381st BG. KIA on first mission, first confirmed for the...
Tail Gunner, Hedin Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Killed in Action (KIA) 22 June 1943 on B-17 #42-3223 "The Red Hot Riding Hood". Mission #1 to Antwerp, Belgium. First confirmed combat casualty of the 381st BG of WW II. This was his first mission. 20MM or .30 caliber wound in the neck. Originally interred in Brookwood Cemetery. Reinterred in the Clyde's Chapel Southern Methodist Cemetery in Saludas County, South Carolina.
Batesburg, SC
Shot down 2 Me-109s before runing out of ammunition.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-793334
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Red Hot Riding Hood
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Saluda City, South Carolina | 5 November 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Ft Jackson, Coulmbia, SC, USA | 12 September 1942 - 22 June 1943 | |
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Other Killed in Action |
22 June 1943 | ||
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Based Killed in Action |
Ridgewell | 22 June 1943 | |
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Buried |
Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
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Buried |
Saluda County, SC, USA | Clyde's Chapel Southern Methodist Cemetery |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242d Medical Detachment Diary
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave.com
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 501 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
