John A Arnold

Military
media-23646.jpeg UPL 23646 Pilots of 63rd Fighter Squadron Jan/Feb 1945. (From L-R) Top Row: Willard C Scherz, Alfred M Bolender, Jay P Green, John W Keeler, John T Bradshaw, Edwin M Crosthwait, James C Naylor, Pershing B Trumble, Edgar J Huff, Thomas B Hennessy, Russell W Campbell, Eugene W Andermatt. Bottom Row: Vernon A Smith, Carl J Bokina, John A Arnold, Emmett S Barrentine, Thomas W Smith Jr., William R Hoffman, Robert E Bailey, Arthur T Shupe, William M Woods, (Flight Surgeon), Thomas W Queen Jr., Paul C Dawson, John C Fahringer, Nathan S Neu, (Supply).

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Object Number - UPL 23646 - Pilots of 63rd Fighter Squadron Jan/Feb 1945. (From L-R) Top Row: Willard C Scherz, Alfred M Bolender, Jay P Green, John W Keeler, John T Bradshaw,...

Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed (End) Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-28438

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

44-19886

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

44-21135

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Assigned

Boxted, Colchester, UK 26 October 1944 - 20 July 1945 Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Crashed

Birch Walk, RAF Lakenheath, Brandon IP27 9RA, UK 16 January 1945 Baled Out due to Weather RAF Birch Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt John A Arnold, 16-Jan-45. P-47D 44-19886 - 63FS 56FG 8AF.

Other

Crashed

Boxted, Colchester, UK 12 February 1945 Take Off Accident Boxted/Sta 150 Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt John A Arnold, 12-Feb-45. P-47D 42-28438 - 63FS 56FG 8AF

Other

Promoted

Boxted, Colchester, UK 13 March 1945 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK 20 July 1945 Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list / www.56thfightergroup.co.uk/personnel.htm

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