Arthur Benjamin Van Kleeck
MilitaryAssigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-24198; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 166
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), EAME, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20434718
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight engineer / Top turret
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19039735 / O-729382
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - The Vulgar Virgin - Hell From Heaven - Shoot Youre Faded
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 344th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York City, NY | 14 July 1923 | Son of Arthur B. Van Kleeck. |
Enlisted |
New York City, NY | 17 December 1941 | New York City, New York |
Died |
Tatarani, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-24198; Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 166 |
Based |
Benina | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 344BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Tuscany, Italy |
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Sources
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