Homer Franklin Arbogast

Military

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 42-97344 24-Aug-44; shot down by fighters and crashed at Dreilinden Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 8203



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William A Shackleford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Aircraft

42-97344

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carrie B II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Foster, MO 9 January 1924 Son of Howard Emanuel and Nellie B Arbogast.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 24 August 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out POW

Dreilinden, Germany 24 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 42-97344 24-Aug-44; shot down by fighters and crashed at Dreilinden POW MACR 8203

Other

Discharged USAAF

11 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Littleton, Jefferson County, CO 9 April 1992

Buried

Fort Logan National CemeteryDenver, Denver County, CO 13 April 1992 Fort Logan National Cemetery Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Based

Deenethorpe 24 August 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources

https://95thbgdb.com/person/150

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28668851
https://www.fold3.com/record/67077417/homer-f-arbogast-social-security-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/627317031/homer-arbogast-1924-veterans-aff…
https://www.fold3.com/record/707291736/arbogast-homer-f-u-s-veterans-gr…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3334751/homer-franklin-arbogast

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8203 / MACR 8203, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database