Arvin Odell Basnight
MilitaryBlack and white negative from Lt. Thomas F. Flemming collection. Shot on Kodak Super-XX with Leica I camera.
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cheri II
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 13 September 1944
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Manteo, NC | 14 September 1915 | Son of Thomas A 'Tom' and Mary 'Mary Tom' [Meekins] Basnight. |
Enlisted |
Washington, DC | 5 September 1942 | Washington, District Of Columbia |
Other Discharged USAAF |
7 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Palos Verdes Estate, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA | 14 January 2000 | |
Buried |
Green Hills Memorial Park Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, CA | 17 January 2000 | Green Hills Memorial Park Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/29672302
https://www.fold3.com/image/148420022
https://www.fold3.com/image/297432249
https://www.fold3.com/record/83785963/world-war-ii-army-enlistment-reco…
https://www.fold3.com/record/620811920/u-s-department-of-veterans-affai…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71164759/arvin-o-basnight
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / charles w. collins