Arthur Charles Pickett
Military ROLL OF HONOURCo-Pilot Arthur C. Pickett was shot down 20 October 1943 in 42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III', a B-17 on loan from the 413th Squadron. Killed in Action (KIA). Hit in the head in the first attack, he was unable to get loose from his chute harness and fell to the ground in Harchies, Belgium. He was found by Belgian civilians and, like the 3 other KIA on board, he was buried on 22 October 1943 at the Chièvres communal cemetery, near Ath, Belgium. After the war, his remains were buried at the Netherlands American cemetery in Margraten, Holland. On 20 October 1993, a plaque was inaugurated on the façade of a house in Harchies, where Lt Pickett's body had been found. A square in the village has been named for him ("Place Arthur Pickett"). See the pages for his fellow crew members who managed to evade at www.evasioncomete.be >>> search on 42-30372.
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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: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17062836 and O-678500
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner / Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13061919 and O-797521
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11066504
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35335090
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18075384 and O-747132
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit III
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States | 5 May 1942 | Enlisted as a Private in the Air Corps |
Died |
20 October 1943 | KIA - Killed in Action | |
Born |
Warren, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Buried |
Revisions
MACR 1017
Change to Lt Pickett's unit (339th BS). The plane he was in (42-40372) belonged to the 413th BS.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1017 / MACR 1017; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59 and 76 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database