Name:
Clifford E. Arnold
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-759549
Unit:
486th Bomber Squadron, 340th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-15
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
St Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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Clifford E. Arnold was born in 1918 to Reinhart and Mary (Lampe) Arnold. Copilot of the B-25 s/n 43-27783 6T that took off from Alesan in Corsica and flew in formation as the number 4 plane in the first box on the way to France. Just before dropping its bomb load, it was hit by flak on the left wing, between the fuselage and the motor. The plane lost the wing and was quickly engulfed in flames. The crew had no chance to escape the falling plane and all six of them perished. His remains were repatriated to the US in 1949.