Arden Lorimer Quesinberry
Military
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UPL 45260
Standing Left to Right: William N. Dunwoody (P), Max E. Burrows (CP), Paul L. Facteau (N), Arden L. Quesinberry (TOG)
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection
Kneeling Left to Right: Clarence R. Bitner (BTG), Ray W. Detweiler (FE), Arl B. Cross (WG), Gabriel B. Chapra (RO), Wilfred B. Cullerne (TG)
This crew was involved in a mid-air collision on their 29th mission, on 23 March 1945 resulting in the deaths of Facteau, Bitner, and Cullerne as well as two other men not in the photo 95th Bomb Group collection
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-822749
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Lady : Screaming Eagle
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pretty Baby
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Go Getter
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Heavy Date
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 April 1945
- Date: 16 April 1945
- Date: 15 April 1945
- Date: 14 March 1945
- Official Description:
- Date: 21 February 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Meadows of Dan, VA | 27 May 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Roanoke, VA | 23 June 1943 | |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham Airfield, UK | 30 November 1944 - 20 April 1945 | |
Died |
Severna Park, MD | 22 October 2016 | |
Buried |
4 October 2017 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map Plot Columbarium 9, Section N43, Col 8, Niche 1 | |
Meadows of Dan, VA |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=4000665
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/5441
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44044_05_0…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171713658/arden-lorimer-quesinberry
https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/resu…
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php