Arthur Clarence Bergeron Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-22893.jpeg UPL 22893 Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944.

Rear row - Earl C. Main, Joseph C. McDonald, Charles O.Durant, John F. Starr, Arthur C. Bergeron, Lt Bayard C. Auchincloss, Joseph B. Brooks, Chauncy Rowan, William W. Hargus, John H. Winder, James E. Murray, Harold P. Paslay.
Middle row - Gerald P. Devine, Abel H. Garey, Robert E. Fortier, Charles W. Dinse, Major William J. Price, Joseph F. Furness, Lt Goffred F. Moretto, Capt Wayne K. Blickenstaff, Robert S. Hart, John A. Sullivan.
Front row - Major Dewey E. Newhart, unknown mascot, Maj. Stanley R. Pidduck,
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A47828-69067AC.

Object Number - UPL 22893 - Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944. Rear row -...

Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. 63 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Gottbus, Germany. Hit by flak whilst strafing aerodrome in P-47 42-26109 and crashed near Quackenbruck, Germany. Pilot 1st Lt Arthur C Bergeron Killed in Action (KIA).

MACR 5206.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-432117
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 361st Fighter Group 350th Fighter Squadron 375th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilmington, NC, USA 9 February 1920 Son of Arthur C Sr and Jewel F Bergeron.

Enlisted

Charlotte, NC, USA 12 May 1942 Charlotte, North Carolina

Other

Commissioned

Spence field, Moultrie, GA 30 August 1943 Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

Based

Raydon 26 January 1944 - 29 May 1944 Assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Raydon, Ipswich IP7, UK 19 May 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Quakenbrück, Germany 29 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort to Gottbus, Germany. Hit by flak whilst strafing aerodrome in P-47 42-26109 and crashed near Quackenbruck, Germany. Pilot 1st Lt Arthur C Bergeron Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5206.
Greensboro, NC, USA

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neupre, Belgium Plot A Row 20 Grave 13

Other

Operational training

Dale Mabrey Field, Tallahassee, FL Operational training - Dale Mabrey Field, Tallahassee, Florida

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 5206;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5206 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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