Arthur Matt Maatta
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 527BS 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 32 x combat missions. Fatally wounded on mission to Coulanges, France. A/C B-17G 42-97890 'Lil Satan' hit in nose by direct flak hit. Severely wounded in both legs and with internal injuries, died of wounds prior to forced landing at base. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 6738.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17097931 / O-808295
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Houghton County, MI, USA | 6 December 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 3 October 1940 | |
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Died |
60000 Beauvais, France | 25 June 1944 | Fatally wounded on mission to Coulanges, France. A/C B-17G 42-97890 'Lil Satan' hit in nose by direct flak hit. Severely wounded in both legs and with internal injuries, died of wounds prior to forced landing at base. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 6738. |
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Buried |
26 June 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Plot F Row 6 Grave 26 | |
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Other Next of Kin |
Royal Oak, Michigan | NoK: - Sister Fannie Hendrickson Royal Oak, Michigan | |
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Based |
Kimbolton | 25 June 1944 | Assigned to 527BS 379BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
379th Bombardment Group (H) Anthology, 1942-45; p. 161. Combat Chronology p. 134, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces vol 3 pg 661; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 311 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia