Second Lieutenant Arnold was a co-pilot aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6042, serving with the 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group from Rapid City Army Air Base.
One of eight airmen killed when his aircraft struck Stormy Peaks, west of Fort Collins, Colorado, during a nighttime navigational training flight.
The other crew members killed were:
2nd Lt. Richard N. Creamer, pilot
2nd Lt. Andrew H. Christensen, bombardier
2nd Lt. Warren M. Dean, navigator
S/Sgt. William N. Cook, flight engineer
Sgt. Philip M. Doddridge, radio operator
Sgt. Carl E. Hamre, gunner
Sgt. Robert J. Hopkins, radio operator
Crew:
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Entered the service from California; ASN O-750762
** Cremated at Fairmount; no records as to where cremains were sent ** Cremation only at Fairmount cemetery on 10/27/1943 - cremains were returned to Lowry Field, Denver, CO on 10/29, 1943 to the care of Capt. A.L. Welling **
Second Lieutenant Arnold was a co-pilot aboard B-17F Flying Fortress #42-6042, serving with the 600th Bomb Squadron, 398th Bomb Group from Rapid City Army Air Base.
One of eight airmen killed when his aircraft struck Stormy Peaks, west of Fort Collins, Colorado, during a nighttime navigational training flight.
The other crew members killed were:
2nd Lt. Richard N. Creamer, pilot
2nd Lt. Andrew H. Christensen, bombardier
2nd Lt. Warren M. Dean, navigator
S/Sgt. William N. Cook, flight engineer
Sgt. Philip M. Doddridge, radio operator
Sgt. Carl E. Hamre, gunner
Sgt. Robert J. Hopkins, radio operator
Crew:
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Entered the service from California; ASN O-750762
** Cremated at Fairmount; no records as to where cremains were sent ** Cremation only at Fairmount cemetery on 10/27/1943 - cremains were returned to Lowry Field, Denver, CO on 10/29, 1943 to the care of Capt. A.L. Welling **
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