William Albert ARENDS
"Baldy"
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Source : Kebu
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 112280 | ||||
AGE | 25 yo | ||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 1917 NORTH DAKOTA | ||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | NORTH DAKOTA | ||||
FAMILY | Parents : Harm A. & Frances Pearl McKeen ARENDS Siblings : Harold Lee & John Fenton | ||||
RANK | Pilot Officer | ||||
FONCTION | Pilot | ||||
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SQUADRON | 133rd Squadron Eagle | ||||
ARMY | Royal Air Force | ||||
DATE OF DEATH | 20 June 1942 |
Source : Len | |||
STATUS | KIA | ||||
PLACE OF DEATH | St Omer sector | ||||
DATA PLAN |
Spitfire - P8595 Mk.Vb - s/n EP168 MD° Abattu par chasseur ennemi Fw190 | ||||
CEMETERY | PIHEN-LES-GUINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pihen-les-Guines, NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS | ||||
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DECORATION |
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STORY | |||||
133 Eagle Squadron pilots during Operation Jubilee. 19 August 1942. Left to right: Chesley Robertson, Bill Arends, Charles Cook, Edwin "Jessie" Taylor, and Don Blakeslee. | P/O William A Arends 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF on the wing of Spitfire EP168 | ||||
Pilots and Officers of No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron at Biggin Hill, June 1942. |
Brother's William A | Harold Lee ARENDS
“Lou”
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ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 39417898 |
Source : JC | ||||
AGE | 21 yo | |||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 20 December 1923 Tulare County, CALIFORNIA | |||||
STATE | CALIFORNIA | |||||
FAMILY | Parents : Harm A. & Frances Pearl McKeen ARENDS Siblings : William A & John Fenton | |||||
RANK | Private First Class | |||||
FONCTION | Infantry Man | |||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 28 July 1943 Hamilton Fld CALIFORNIA | |||||
UNIT |
350th Infantry Regiment
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DATE OF DEATH | 2 November 1944 | |||||
STATUS | KIA | |||||
ITALY | ||||||
CEMETERY |
FLORENCE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL | |||||
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SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Aad.archives.gov - Abmc.gov |
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Americanairmuseum.com - Claude Normandy |
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PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |