Paul Arnold
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
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Military
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed into channel in B-24 Gruesome Goose #4128747
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 466th Bomb Group
Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by flak and crashed in channel in B-24 Gruesome Goose #4128747
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
The B-24H “Gruesome Goose” while on a mission to bomb Mourmelon-Sur-Marne Ammuniton Dump in France ditched over the Channel with the loss of all 10 on board.
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Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Calhoun Falls, SC 29628, USA | 1918 |
Lived in | Abbeville County, SC, USA | November 1941 |
Enlisted | Fort Jackson, 5411 Leesburg Road, Eastover, SC 29044, USA | 10 November 1941 |
Died | France | 12 August 1944 |
Shot Down, KIA |
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Buried | Lemay, MO, USA | 1948 |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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28 February 2017 11:44:27 | Lucy May | Changes to service number, highest rank and events |
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Corrected service number from 37499930 to 34097849. |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
22 June 2016 00:35:39 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, person associations and place associations |
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"Second Air Division" - Turner Publishing |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 February 2015 03:53:13 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
14 February 2015 03:53:08 | 466thHistorian | Changes to events |
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466th BG Historian |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:18:53 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7911 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |