Arnold Stern
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled on Mission (KOM) in B-26C 41-34709 323BG/453BS while serving as Pilot. The aircraft crashed near Great Barton, Suffolk due to poor weather and engine failure on 11 Sep 1943 while on return from mission to Deaumont-Le-Roger.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed on Mission (KOM) |
Great Barton, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk IP31, UK | 11 September 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained engine failure at low altitutde on return from mission to Beaumont-Le-Roger, France. No burial record located. |
Born |
New York State |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 6-Jun-2015. Added KOM event and edited Summary biography with unit and aircraft model letter and loss details per "losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Combat Chronology,WWII memorial, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 280 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia