Arnold Barne Musum
Military
Object Number - UPL 51275 - B-17 42-29921 'Oklahoma Okie' with ball turret gunner Arnold B. Musum.
Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Schweinfurt in B-17 41-24527 'The Great Speckled Bird' 17-Aug-43; shot down by fighters, A/C crashed Waldeschaff. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 274
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Eau Claire, WI | 4 May 1909 | Son of Anton B. and Martha P Holt. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 17 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Stalag XVIIb. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Waldeschaff, Germany | 17 August 1943 | |
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Died |
La Grande, OR | 12 December 1988 | |
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Buried |
Bramlet Memorial Cemetery Wallowa, Wallowa County, OR | 15 December 1988 | Bramlet Memorial Cemetery Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon |
| Spokane, WA | Spokane, Washington | ||
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 17 August 1943 | Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Hospitalised ZI |
USA | Hospitalised in USA with hernia. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 274 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
