Arthur A Van Cleef
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 27 January 1943 in B-24D #41-23690 while serving as Tail Gunner the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with an FW-190 (Yellow #, serial 5604) pf JG/1 3 Staffel, piloted by Fw Fritz Koch. Both aircraft crashed into the Waddenzee, Holland near Harlingen. Killed in Action (KIA)
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Waddenzee | 27 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with an FW-190 and crashed into the Waddenzee, Holland. His remains have never been recovered. |
Other Commemorated |
Netherlands American Cemetery, 6269 NA Migraten, Netherlands | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2015. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15637; Added Commemorated Event and decorations per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connection to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position to Biography and other details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
MACR 15637 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database