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CPL Russell A Arens

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CPL Russell A Arens Veteran

Birth
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Death
8 Sep 1942 (aged 21)
Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 20 Lot 375 Grave 3
Memorial ID
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Passenger aboard US Army Air Forces B-25C
Mitchell #41-12543.

Killed when the medium bomber crashed, due
to a weather-related structural failure, in
downtown Newark, Ohio, after departing
Wright Field near Dayton.

Five Army men and one civilian aboard the
aircraft, and two civilians on the ground
were killed.

To read an extensive article about the crash
see the memorial here.

Killed in and by the wreckage were:

Col. Douglas M Kilpatrick, Pilot
2nd Lt. Russell E Newlin, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence S Lawver
Cpl. Russell A. Arens
Pvt. Charles W Watson, and a civilian,
Ovidio A. Picon, age 22, of Dayton, Ohio, a native of Cuba.

The civilians killed on the ground were Jane Irwin Weston, age 62, and Dollie Campbell, age 73.
Passenger aboard US Army Air Forces B-25C
Mitchell #41-12543.

Killed when the medium bomber crashed, due
to a weather-related structural failure, in
downtown Newark, Ohio, after departing
Wright Field near Dayton.

Five Army men and one civilian aboard the
aircraft, and two civilians on the ground
were killed.

To read an extensive article about the crash
see the memorial here.

Killed in and by the wreckage were:

Col. Douglas M Kilpatrick, Pilot
2nd Lt. Russell E Newlin, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. Lawrence S Lawver
Cpl. Russell A. Arens
Pvt. Charles W Watson, and a civilian,
Ovidio A. Picon, age 22, of Dayton, Ohio, a native of Cuba.

The civilians killed on the ground were Jane Irwin Weston, age 62, and Dollie Campbell, age 73.

Inscription

CPL, 67 COAST ARTY WORLD WAR II



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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Aug 31, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135247022/russell_a-arens: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Russell A Arens (13 Mar 1921–8 Sep 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135247022, citing Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).