Arthur Miles Codding
MilitaryAssigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. 13 combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102485 flak set off fire, crash landed Groenekaseweg, Holland. 28-May-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5316.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-753131
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bare Essentials
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Keene, New Hampshire, USA | 17 August 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL, USA | 2 April 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Forced landed |
Groenekanseweg, Netherlands | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Dessau 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102485 flak set off fire, crash landed Groenekaseweg, Holland. 28-May-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5316 |
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Died |
New Castle County, DE, USA | 4 June 2005 | |
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Based |
Knettishall | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Owl's Nest, Lombard St, Felton, DE 19943, USA | Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery Owls Nest New Castle County Delaware |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5316 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database