Military
Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF.
Completed (End) Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Group
Where the 353rd Fighter Group had pioneered ground strafing techniques, it was the 355th Fighter Group who destroyed more enemy aircraft by ground strafing than any other Eighth Air Force Group. Based at Steeple Morden from July 1943 to July 1945, the...
Group
The 55th Fighter Group were the first P-38 Lightning Group to go fully operational from England. The pilots flew long-range escort missions for bombers flying over occupied Europe and racked up 'kills' of their own by destroying enemy aircraft in...
Squadron
Squadron
Military site : airfield
Originally used from 1940 as a small, grass airfield, satellite for nearby RAF Bassingbourn, Steeple Morden was allocated to the Eighth Air Force in August 1942 as a potential bomber base. It was used briefly by the 3rd Photographic Group during the...
Military site : airfield
Wormingford was a Royal Flying Corps/RAF anti-Zeppelin aircraft Landing Ground First World War, rebuilt for the Eighth Air Force 1942-43. It was a Ninth Air Force base from 1943-44, and home to the 362nd Fighter Group. Switching back to the Eighth Air...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Sanilac County, MI, USA | 7 February 1922 |
| Enlisted | Detroit, MI, USA | 21 November 1942 |
| Assigned | Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 23 March 1945 – 29 October 1945 |
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Assigned to 343FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Promoted | Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | May 1945 |
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Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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| Transferred | Steeple Morden, Royston SG8, UK | 29 October 1945 – 8 November 1945 |
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Transferred to 354FS, 355FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| End Tour of Duty (ETD) | England, UK | 8 November 1945 |
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Ended Tour of Duty (ETD). |
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| Died | Lewistown, PA 17044, USA | 15 January 1984 |
| Buried | Mount Rock Cemetery Lewistown Mifflin County PA | 18 January 1984 |
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Mount Rock Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 30 April 2021 16:59:09 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, biography and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/659631743 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 07 September 2016 16:54:58 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to biography |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 July 2016 17:13:24 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/page/84481743_guy_e%20arnold/details/ |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:11:43 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list |
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