Paul Wideman Arthaud Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 40591 - 2nd Lt Paul W Arthaud
Assigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Eastman crew. Failed to Return Tourre in B-24 42-52738 'Wilson' 7-Jun-44; enemy fighter followed A/C back to home base, shot down in landing circuit. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, PH.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19033449 / O-687012
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Wilson
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hutchinson, KS | 30 January 1924 | Son of Paul Wideman Sr and Alice Marie [MacDonald] Arthaud. |
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Enlisted |
Omaha, NE | 3 August 1942 | Omaha, Nebraska |
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Died |
Mendlesham, UK | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return Tourre in B-24 42-52738 'Wilson' 7-Jun-44; enemy fighter followed A/C back to home base, shot down in landing circuit. KIA |
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Buried |
8 June 1944 | Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot C Row 1 Grave 55 | |
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Based |
Mendlesham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 391BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Ponca City, Kay County, OK |
Revisions
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http://valortovictory.tripod.com/Originalcrews.htm
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/b24s/42-52738.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55882662/paul-wideman-arthaud
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 3 by Bishop & Hey p. 344
