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Ronald Joseph Arbaugh

Military

  • Crew #761/482 Harold E. Anderson Crew 466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: Earl M. Hawkins (N), James M. Peters (B), James Russell (CP), Elvin Ligon (466th BG C.O.) Elmer Harrington (WG), Harold E. Anderson (P), James W. Hill (784th BS Nav.), Stanley P. Goldstein (RN) Kneeling Left to Right: Peter Sobin (R/O), Edwin Sjoholm (BTG), Ronald Arbaugh (FE), James Lynch (WG), Harry Landers (TG) Flew 17 missions with the 787th BS and then transferred to the 784th BS and flew a further 14 missions as a lead crew

    Crew #761/482 Harold E. Anderson Crew 466th BG - 787th and 784th Bomb Squadrons Standing Left to Right: Earl M. Hawkins (N), James M. Peters (B), James Russell (CP), Elvin Ligon (466th BG C.O.) Elmer Harrington (WG), Harold E. Anderson (P), James W. Hill (784th BS Nav.), Stanley P. Goldstein (RN) Kneeling Left to Right: Peter Sobin (R/O), Edwin Sjoholm (BTG), Ronald Arbaugh (FE), James Lynch (WG), Harry Landers (TG) Flew 17 missions with the 787th BS and then transferred to the 784th BS and flew a further 14 missions as a lead crew

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Service

People

Units served with

  • 466th Bomb Group

    466th Bomb Group

    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...

  • 784th Bomb Squadron

    784th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

  • 787th Bomb Squadron

    787th Bomb Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

Associated Place

  • Attlebridge

    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...

Events

Event Location Date
Born Zanesville, OH 43701, USA 1924
Lived in Summit County, OH, USA 1943
Enlisted Akron, OH, USA 8 April 1943
466th BG Combat Tour Attlebridge, Norwich, UK 8 October 1944 – 21 April 1945

31 combat missions
Died Zanesville, OH 43701, USA 1 May 1993
Buried Zanesville, OH 43701, USA

Woodlawn Cemetery
Nationality
American
Nickname
Not yet known
Service numbers
35609797
Highest rank
Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
Role/job
Flight Engineer
Awards
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
22 November 2017 01:39:36 466thHistorian Changes to events and aircraft associations
Sources

"Attlebridge Arsenal" Brassfield & Wassom - page 31
"Attlebridge Notes" - 1976 Register
Date Contributor Update
18 September 2016 20:25:23 466thHistorian Changes to events
Sources

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/zanesvilletimesrecorder/obituary.aspx?p...
Date Contributor Update
23 June 2016 03:14:13 466thHistorian Changes to middlename and events
Sources

"Second Air Division" - page166
Date Contributor Update
16 May 2015 02:53:49 466thHistorian Changes to firstname, service number, highest rank, role, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations
Sources

466th BG Historian
Date Contributor Update
27 September 2014 18:21:40 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 197

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