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Eugene ARNING
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Source : Cindy (Nekvasil) Hester
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-678516 (18024902) | ||||||
| AGE | 20 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13 juin 1923 Taylor, Williamson County, TEXAS | ||||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | TEXAS | ||||||
| FAMILY |
Spouse : Mary Novis BOZARTH HAYHURST Parents : Otto W. & Emma Caroline Teggemann ARNING | ||||||
| RANK | First Lieutenant | ||||||
| FONCTION | Bomber | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Bookkeepers and cashiers, except bank cashiers |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 1 July 1942 Randolph Field TEXAS | ||||||
| SQUADRON | 535th Bomber Squadron | ||||||
| GROUP | 381st Bomber Group, Heavy | ||||||
| ARMY | 8th US Air Force | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 28 April 1944 |
Source : Andy | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Avord | ||||||
| DATA PLAN |
B-17 Fortress - type G-25-DL - s/n 42-38061 MS*P "Georgia Rebell II"
Macr : 4241 Mission : Aérodrome Avord (18) Take off station 167 Ridgewell, Essex - Bodies originally interred in Avord Cemetery Shot down by flak around 12:00 p.m. - Aircraft partially evacuated before the explosion in flight. | ||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Avord | ||||||
| CEMETERY | RHONE AMERICAN CEMETERY and MEMORIAL of Draguignan | ||||||
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| DECORATION |
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The people of Avord, France, dedicated a memorial May 8, 2014, honoring the crew of a U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress shot down during World War II. The B-17, nicknamed the Georgia Rebel II, crashed at about 12:00 p.m. April 28, 1944, on a mission bombing a Nazi German-occupied airfield, Avord Air Base, located in the middle of France. |
Source : Andy | ||||||
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Crew of B-17 Fortress - type G-25-DL - s/n 42-38061 MS*P "Georgia Rebell II"
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| 1Lt | Harold F | HENSLIN | Pilot | Dead | Phelps Cem. Markesan, Wisconsin | O-741903 - Né en 1921 - Fils de Fred et Gertrude Henslin |
| Maj | Osce V | JONES | CoPilot | Prisoner | O-401997 - Georgia - Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia | |
| 2Lt | Arthur L | GUERTIN | Navigator | Dead | Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | O-797117 - AM+1/PH - Detroit, Michigan |
| 1Lt | Eugène | ARNING | Bomber | Dead | Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | O-678516 - AM+3/PH - Taylor, Texas |
| T/Sgt | Jo R | KARR | Mechanic/Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | 39314257 - AM+2 - Belleville, Kansas |
| T/Sgt | Nathan J W | PADGETT | Radio | Prisoner | 14035620 - Chirone, Texas - Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow | |
| S/Sgt | George B Jr | McLAUGHLIN | Gunner | Dead | Doylestown Cem. Pennsylvania | 13044740 - 27 ans - Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
| S/Sgt | Clarence T | WILLIAMS | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | 15086843 - AM+2/PH - Winchester, Kentucky |
| Sgt | William B Jr | BLACKMON | Gunner | Prisoner | 18151714 - Monroe, Louisiana - Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf | |
| S/Sgt | Edward H | SELL | Gunner | Dead | Cim Am Rhône Draguignan | 36374797 - AM+2 - Chicago, Illinois |
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Source : Andy |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Aad.archives.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net |
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| PROGRAMMER | Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |