Richard served as a Sergeant & Senior Gunner on B-29 #42-6230, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Bernalillo County, New Mexico prior to the war. On all census records his name is shown as "C. Richard Arnds".
B-29 #42-6230 took off from Pengshan, China on a bombing mission over Japan. They were shot down over Wakamatsu Fukuoka, Japan by a Japanese fighter plane.
This aircraft and crew had the distinction of being the first B-29 shot down over Japan. All eleven crew members were Killed in Action on this mission along with one civilian.
Richard was "Killed In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 39283177.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Those who perished on B-29 #42-6230:
Arnds, Richard C ~ Sgt, Gunner, NM
Davis, August W ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, IA
Dupuis, Joseph C ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, MA
Fisher, Caroll A ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, WV
Goodroe, James E ~ M/Sgt, Left Gunner, AL
Hymel, Robert J ~ 2nd Lt, Radar Operator, LA
Ivanovic, Dushan D ~ Capt, Pilot, PA
Johnson, Guy A ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, NE
McMichael, Conley M ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, PA
Levy, Herbert G ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, CT
Shenkel, William T ~ Civilian, War Correspondent
Simonson, Donald W ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, WY
Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Special thanks to:
ShaneO for submitting this record for bio updates!
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He resided in Bernalillo County, New Mexico prior to the war. On all census records his name is shown as "C. Richard Arnds".
B-29 #42-6230 took off from Pengshan, China on a bombing mission over Japan. They were shot down over Wakamatsu Fukuoka, Japan by a Japanese fighter plane.
This aircraft and crew had the distinction of being the first B-29 shot down over Japan. All eleven crew members were Killed in Action on this mission along with one civilian.
Richard was "Killed In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 39283177.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Those who perished on B-29 #42-6230:
Arnds, Richard C ~ Sgt, Gunner, NM
Davis, August W ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, IA
Dupuis, Joseph C ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, MA
Fisher, Caroll A ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, WV
Goodroe, James E ~ M/Sgt, Left Gunner, AL
Hymel, Robert J ~ 2nd Lt, Radar Operator, LA
Ivanovic, Dushan D ~ Capt, Pilot, PA
Johnson, Guy A ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, NE
McMichael, Conley M ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, PA
Levy, Herbert G ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, CT
Shenkel, William T ~ Civilian, War Correspondent
Simonson, Donald W ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, WY
Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Special thanks to:
ShaneO for submitting this record for bio updates!
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Richard served as a Sergeant & Senior Gunner on B-29 #42-6230, 792nd Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Bernalillo County, New Mexico prior to the war. On all census records his name is shown as "C. Richard Arnds".
B-29 #42-6230 took off from Pengshan, China on a bombing mission over Japan. They were shot down over Wakamatsu Fukuoka, Japan by a Japanese fighter plane.
This aircraft and crew had the distinction of being the first B-29 shot down over Japan. All eleven crew members were Killed in Action on this mission along with one civilian.
Richard was "Killed In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 39283177.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Those who perished on B-29 #42-6230:
Arnds, Richard C ~ Sgt, Gunner, NM
Davis, August W ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, IA
Dupuis, Joseph C ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, MA
Fisher, Caroll A ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, WV
Goodroe, James E ~ M/Sgt, Left Gunner, AL
Hymel, Robert J ~ 2nd Lt, Radar Operator, LA
Ivanovic, Dushan D ~ Capt, Pilot, PA
Johnson, Guy A ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, NE
McMichael, Conley M ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, PA
Levy, Herbert G ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, CT
Shenkel, William T ~ Civilian, War Correspondent
Simonson, Donald W ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, WY
Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Special thanks to:
ShaneO for submitting this record for bio updates!
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He resided in Bernalillo County, New Mexico prior to the war. On all census records his name is shown as "C. Richard Arnds".
B-29 #42-6230 took off from Pengshan, China on a bombing mission over Japan. They were shot down over Wakamatsu Fukuoka, Japan by a Japanese fighter plane.
This aircraft and crew had the distinction of being the first B-29 shot down over Japan. All eleven crew members were Killed in Action on this mission along with one civilian.
Richard was "Killed In Action" on this mission during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service ID: 39283177.
The reason he is named on a group headstone is because when soldiers & sailors were killed in close proximity to each other they were unable, at that time, to identify them separately and interred their remains together in one grave.
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Those who perished on B-29 #42-6230:
Arnds, Richard C ~ Sgt, Gunner, NM
Davis, August W ~ S/Sgt, Tail Gunner, IA
Dupuis, Joseph C ~ Sgt, Right Gunner, MA
Fisher, Caroll A ~ 1st Lt, Navigator, WV
Goodroe, James E ~ M/Sgt, Left Gunner, AL
Hymel, Robert J ~ 2nd Lt, Radar Operator, LA
Ivanovic, Dushan D ~ Capt, Pilot, PA
Johnson, Guy A ~ 1st Lt, Bombardier, NE
McMichael, Conley M ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, PA
Levy, Herbert G ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, CT
Shenkel, William T ~ Civilian, War Correspondent
Simonson, Donald W ~ 2nd Lt, Engineer, WY
Bio, Family Links & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
Special thanks to:
ShaneO for submitting this record for bio updates!
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SGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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Originally interred overseas and was later repatriated here on August 8, 1949.
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