Charles A Arnold
MilitaryShot down 15 February 1943 in B-24D 41-23783 'Betty Anne' while serving as Tail Gunner. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag 3 then moved to Nuremberg 49-11. .
POW
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
- Nicknames: Betty Anne
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 15 February 1943 - 17 July 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 17-Jul-45. |
Born |
Helena, Georgia |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 30-Jan-2015. Made connections to decorations per existing Description data; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added POW event and SN per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added crew position to Description.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 p.76 by Bishop and Hey, NARA web site,
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