Mitchell Lionel McArthur | American Air Museum

Mitchell Lionel McArthur

Military

Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. ETD

Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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VIII Bomber Command 130

Date: 13 November 1943

VIII Bomber Command 121

Date: 5 November 1943

An Illustration of the Wilhelmshaven raid, 3 November 1943. Image stamped on reverse: '10 Nov 1943.' [stamp], '292478.'[Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE BIGGEST EVER DAY RAID: By US Fortresses and Liberators on Wilhelmshaven- escorted all the way by fighters. Special Sphere drawings. THE SCENE OVER WILHELMSHAVEN JUST AS OUT BOMBERS WERE LEAVING THE TARGET ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMVER 3RD. AFTER THE BIGGEST DAYLIGHT RAID EVER CARRIED OUT OVER GERMANY. IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND OF THIS DRAWING, LIGHTNING

VIII Bomber Command 119

Date: 3 November 1943

VIII Bomber Command 92

Date: 7 September 1943
Official Description:

A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].

VIII Bomber Command 91

Date: 6 September 1943

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Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Weidman, MI	28 May 1923	Son of Leon G and Gladys I [Carr] McArthur.
Enlisted	Detroit, MI	18 December 1941	Detroit, Michigan
Other 95th BG Combat Tour	Horham Airfield, UK	29 May 1943 - 24 January 1944
Other Discharged USAAF		2 September 1944	Honourable discharge.
Died	Sherman, Isabella County, MI	27 February 1983
Buried	Fairview Cemetery Weidman, Isabella County, MI	2 March 1983	Fairview Cemetery Weidman, Isabella County, Michigan, USA

Revisions

Date14 Mar 2021 16:17:55

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58858553/mitchell-l-mcarthur

Date14 Mar 2021 16:03:39

ContributorAl_Skiff

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https://www.fold3.com/image/302124808
https://www.fold3.com/image/661813267
https://www.fold3.com/record/43498717/mitchell-mcarthur-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84369084/mitchell-l-mcarthur-wwii-army-enl…
https://www.fold3.com/record/622570640/mitchell-mcarthur-1923-veterans-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704267179/mcarthur-mitchell-l-u-s-wwii-hos…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58858553/mitchell-l-mcarthur

Date23 Aug 2020 02:03:02

Contributor466thHistorian

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https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/4321
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=1182013
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3171&h=2026928…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58858553/mitchell-l-mcarthur

https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2238&h=2686193…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:19

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php