Arthur Theodore Altman Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-29283.jpeg UPL 29283 2Lt Arthur Altman Jr 20th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

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Object Number - UPL 29283 - 2Lt Arthur Altman Jr 20th FG

Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. 6 hours combat. Failed to Return (FTR) target support mission to Kiel.

Hit by Naval flak. Last seen going into clouds with engine smoking. Crashed into North Sea in P-38 42-67194. Killed in Action (KIA). 5-Jan-44. MACR 1969.



From MACR;

Statement of 1st Lt Jerome C. Serros:



"1st Lt Altman was flying behind me and on my right. I noticed that his right engine was smoking so I called him and told him to feather his propeller. There was no answer. Later, I saw a P-38 go down with an engine smoking. I cannot say for sure that this airplane was Lt Altman’s."



Awards: AM, EAME, PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ramsey County, MN, USA 16 December 1915 Son of Arthur T and Hazel Louise [Eugley] Altman.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 24 February 1942 Los Angeles, California

Other

Assigned

Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK 27 August 1943 - 5 January 1944 Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Killed in action

Wangerooge, Germany 5 January 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) target support mission to Kiel. Hit by Naval flak. Crashed into North Sea in P-38 42-67194. Killed in Action (KIA). 5-Jan-44. MACR 1969.
St Paul, Minnesota

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands

Other

Promotion

Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Buried

Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Hennepin County MN Memorialised Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Hennepin County Minnesota, USA

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corrected deleted mos

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Removed extra info in the "Role/job" field.

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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 1969 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1969, 8th AF Losses, WWII Memorial, King;'s Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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