Arnold served as a Staff Sergeant & Radio Operator / Gunner on B-17G #43-38031, 832nd Bomber Squadron, 486th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Charles County, Maryland prior to the war.
Arnold enlisted in the Army Air Corps on February 3, 1943 in Miami Beach, Florida. He was noted as being employed as a sheet metal worker and also as Single, without dependents.
Arnold was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, after receiving battle damage on a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany, crash landed at Reydon, two miles northwest of Southwold, Suffolk, England during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Service # 13144124
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Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38031 :
Chrastka, Frank T., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, IL
Cloud, Lewis K. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, KY
Hodge, Gus T., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, TX
Jones, Johnnie L. ~ S/Sgt, NC
Welch, Arnold R. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MD
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Charles County, Maryland prior to the war.
Arnold enlisted in the Army Air Corps on February 3, 1943 in Miami Beach, Florida. He was noted as being employed as a sheet metal worker and also as Single, without dependents.
Arnold was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, after receiving battle damage on a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany, crash landed at Reydon, two miles northwest of Southwold, Suffolk, England during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Service # 13144124
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38031 :
Chrastka, Frank T., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, IL
Cloud, Lewis K. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, KY
Hodge, Gus T., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, TX
Jones, Johnnie L. ~ S/Sgt, NC
Welch, Arnold R. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MD
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Arnold served as a Staff Sergeant & Radio Operator / Gunner on B-17G #43-38031, 832nd Bomber Squadron, 486th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Charles County, Maryland prior to the war.
Arnold enlisted in the Army Air Corps on February 3, 1943 in Miami Beach, Florida. He was noted as being employed as a sheet metal worker and also as Single, without dependents.
Arnold was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, after receiving battle damage on a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany, crash landed at Reydon, two miles northwest of Southwold, Suffolk, England during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Service # 13144124
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38031 :
Chrastka, Frank T., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, IL
Cloud, Lewis K. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, KY
Hodge, Gus T., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, TX
Jones, Johnnie L. ~ S/Sgt, NC
Welch, Arnold R. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MD
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Charles County, Maryland prior to the war.
Arnold enlisted in the Army Air Corps on February 3, 1943 in Miami Beach, Florida. He was noted as being employed as a sheet metal worker and also as Single, without dependents.
Arnold was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, after receiving battle damage on a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany, crash landed at Reydon, two miles northwest of Southwold, Suffolk, England during the war.
He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters and Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Service # 13144124
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Airmen who perished on B-17G #43-38031 :
Chrastka, Frank T., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, IL
Cloud, Lewis K. ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, KY
Hodge, Gus T., Jr. ~ S/Sgt, TX
Jones, Johnnie L. ~ S/Sgt, NC
Welch, Arnold R. ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MD
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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