B-25 Mitchell bomber crew was assigned to 486th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. On August 15, 1944, his B-25 failed to Return (FTR) from a mission to Avignon South France. Their plane was reportedly was hit by flak in a wing midway between engine nacelle and fuselage causing it to instantaneously burst into flames and go into a spin, detaching a wing and crashing. All six crew killed in action.
Crew-members lost:
1LT John P Hoschar
1LT Vincent J Ottavio
2LT Clifford E Arnold
TSGT Albert D Alldredge
SGT Walter S Koseski
CPL Charles T Henry
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Clifford was the son of Reinhardt and Mary (Lampe) Arnold.
Crew-members lost:
1LT John P Hoschar
1LT Vincent J Ottavio
2LT Clifford E Arnold
TSGT Albert D Alldredge
SGT Walter S Koseski
CPL Charles T Henry
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Clifford was the son of Reinhardt and Mary (Lampe) Arnold.
B-25 Mitchell bomber crew was assigned to 486th Bomb Squadron, 340th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. On August 15, 1944, his B-25 failed to Return (FTR) from a mission to Avignon South France. Their plane was reportedly was hit by flak in a wing midway between engine nacelle and fuselage causing it to instantaneously burst into flames and go into a spin, detaching a wing and crashing. All six crew killed in action.
Crew-members lost:
1LT John P Hoschar
1LT Vincent J Ottavio
2LT Clifford E Arnold
TSGT Albert D Alldredge
SGT Walter S Koseski
CPL Charles T Henry
~
Clifford was the son of Reinhardt and Mary (Lampe) Arnold.
Crew-members lost:
1LT John P Hoschar
1LT Vincent J Ottavio
2LT Clifford E Arnold
TSGT Albert D Alldredge
SGT Walter S Koseski
CPL Charles T Henry
~
Clifford was the son of Reinhardt and Mary (Lampe) Arnold.
Inscription
KENTUCKY
2LT 340 AAF BOMB GP
WORLD WAR II
Gravesite Details
Buried at St. Stephen's on April 23, 1949.
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