Arthur L Guertin
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 34501 - Lt Arthur Guertin
Navigator, Jones crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. On 24 July 1943, B-17 #42-3217 "Georgia Rebel" crashed in Vannacka, Sweden. Mission #11 to the chemical factories (Magnesium, Aluminum) in Heroya, Norway. MACR 132. Hit by flak, bombs dropped, #2 engine feathered with bent prop, hole in port wing near fuel tanks, leaking fuel, #3 engine smoking and lost oil pressure. Interned. First US bomber interned in Sweden. Flew in place of Lt Leonard Spivey, original navigator on Lt Disbrow crew of the "Chug-a-Lug Lulu". Returned to England November 22, 1943.
Shot down 28 April 1944 in B-17 #42-38061 'Georgia Rebel II. ' Mission #101. Henslin Crew. Killed in Action (KIA). Buried in Rhone AMC. Plot A, Row 5, Grave 13.
Detroit, MI
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32073896 / O-757387
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20402885 / O-401997
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32364219
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-666770
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731408
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 6 January 1942 | |
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Other Internee |
Vännacka, Sweden | 24 July 1943 - 22 November 1943 | |
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Other Killed in Action |
28 April 1944 | ||
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Born |
Canada | ||
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Based |
28 April 1944 | ||
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Buried |
Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial | Plot A Row 5 Grave 13 |
Revisions
Added a connection from #42-3225 to the person (Art Guertin) listed in the A/C "Description".
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 132; MACR 4241 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 132 / MACR 4241 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database