Arnold Robert Carlson
Military ROLL OF HONOURArnold Carlson was serving as Co-Pilot of B-17 #42-5717 on the 16 February 1943 mission to the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France. The aircraft was attacked by fighters and Pilot William Warner was killed by enemy fire. Co-Pilot Arnold Carlson continued the flight but a/c crashed near Guillac, 7km SW of Ploërmel (Morbihan), France. Killed In Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39083381
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17019588 at enlistment, then O-726043
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19005539
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 6964897
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-725547
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tacoma, Washington, United States | 23 March 1919 | |
Enlisted |
5 January 1942 | Los Angeles, California | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Guillac, France | 16 February 1943 | |
Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial | Arnold Carlson rests at the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot I, Row 15, Grave 11 | |
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014, Missing Air Crew Report (MACR)15472; American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15472 / MACR 15472, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 79, ABMC web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database