father: Millard F Arnett
mother: Gladys
spouse: Caroline Wells Snider (1943)
**edit request for DOD and location, I didn't find the information
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-695289
Millard F. Arnett, Jr. is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Marion County, West Virginia.
Information below gleaned from https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2278725
RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A P-47 'THUNDERBOLT' FIGHTER PILOT AND WAS A PASSENGER IN A C-47 'SKYTRAIN' TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, WHO WAS KILLED AUGUST 3, 1944 DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY NIGHTTIME FLIGHT FROM BRUNING ARMY AIR FIELD, NEBRASKA DESTINED FOR PIERRE ARMY AIR FIELD, SOUTH DAKOTA. APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPER, NEBRASKA THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A RAVINE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING AFTER ENCOUNTERING A SEVERE ELECTRICAL THUNDERSTORM. ABOARD THE STRICKEN C-47 WAS A FLIGHT CREW OF 4 AND 24 RATED P-47 FIGHTER PILOTS WHO WERE EN-ROUTE TO SOUTH DAKOTA FOR ADVANCE TRAINING. THIS CRASH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE WORST ACCIDENT DURING WWII IN TERMS OF LOSS OF LIFE (28 AIRMEN) FROM ONE SINGLE AIRCRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES.
mother: Gladys
spouse: Caroline Wells Snider (1943)
**edit request for DOD and location, I didn't find the information
************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-695289
Millard F. Arnett, Jr. is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Marion County, West Virginia.
Information below gleaned from https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2278725
RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A P-47 'THUNDERBOLT' FIGHTER PILOT AND WAS A PASSENGER IN A C-47 'SKYTRAIN' TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, WHO WAS KILLED AUGUST 3, 1944 DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY NIGHTTIME FLIGHT FROM BRUNING ARMY AIR FIELD, NEBRASKA DESTINED FOR PIERRE ARMY AIR FIELD, SOUTH DAKOTA. APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPER, NEBRASKA THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A RAVINE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING AFTER ENCOUNTERING A SEVERE ELECTRICAL THUNDERSTORM. ABOARD THE STRICKEN C-47 WAS A FLIGHT CREW OF 4 AND 24 RATED P-47 FIGHTER PILOTS WHO WERE EN-ROUTE TO SOUTH DAKOTA FOR ADVANCE TRAINING. THIS CRASH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE WORST ACCIDENT DURING WWII IN TERMS OF LOSS OF LIFE (28 AIRMEN) FROM ONE SINGLE AIRCRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES.
father: Millard F Arnett
mother: Gladys
spouse: Caroline Wells Snider (1943)
**edit request for DOD and location, I didn't find the information
************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-695289
Millard F. Arnett, Jr. is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Marion County, West Virginia.
Information below gleaned from https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2278725
RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A P-47 'THUNDERBOLT' FIGHTER PILOT AND WAS A PASSENGER IN A C-47 'SKYTRAIN' TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, WHO WAS KILLED AUGUST 3, 1944 DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY NIGHTTIME FLIGHT FROM BRUNING ARMY AIR FIELD, NEBRASKA DESTINED FOR PIERRE ARMY AIR FIELD, SOUTH DAKOTA. APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPER, NEBRASKA THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A RAVINE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING AFTER ENCOUNTERING A SEVERE ELECTRICAL THUNDERSTORM. ABOARD THE STRICKEN C-47 WAS A FLIGHT CREW OF 4 AND 24 RATED P-47 FIGHTER PILOTS WHO WERE EN-ROUTE TO SOUTH DAKOTA FOR ADVANCE TRAINING. THIS CRASH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE WORST ACCIDENT DURING WWII IN TERMS OF LOSS OF LIFE (28 AIRMEN) FROM ONE SINGLE AIRCRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES.
mother: Gladys
spouse: Caroline Wells Snider (1943)
**edit request for DOD and location, I didn't find the information
************************************************************
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-695289
Millard F. Arnett, Jr. is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Marion County, West Virginia.
Information below gleaned from https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2278725
RANK: 2ND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A P-47 'THUNDERBOLT' FIGHTER PILOT AND WAS A PASSENGER IN A C-47 'SKYTRAIN' TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT, WHO WAS KILLED AUGUST 3, 1944 DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY NIGHTTIME FLIGHT FROM BRUNING ARMY AIR FIELD, NEBRASKA DESTINED FOR PIERRE ARMY AIR FIELD, SOUTH DAKOTA. APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPER, NEBRASKA THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A RAVINE WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING AFTER ENCOUNTERING A SEVERE ELECTRICAL THUNDERSTORM. ABOARD THE STRICKEN C-47 WAS A FLIGHT CREW OF 4 AND 24 RATED P-47 FIGHTER PILOTS WHO WERE EN-ROUTE TO SOUTH DAKOTA FOR ADVANCE TRAINING. THIS CRASH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE WORST ACCIDENT DURING WWII IN TERMS OF LOSS OF LIFE (28 AIRMEN) FROM ONE SINGLE AIRCRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES.
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