Arnett, William Francis

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant William Francis Arnett.

Unit/Placed in, 52nd Bomber Squadron, 29th Bomber Group, Very Heavy.

William is born approx. on Aug. 11, 1920 in Mascot, Tennessee.

Father, William F. Arnott.

Mother, Ollie C. (Jones) Arnott.

Sister(s), Mildred E. and Pearl I. Arnett.

Brother(s), Infant, Millard E. Charles T. Robert G. Edward A. and Tilford J. Arnett.

Spouse, Lois E. (Smith) Arnett.

Daughter, Linda A. Arnett.

William enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 0-931685.

William ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-29 were,

Capt. Jack I. Pankoff Pilot

2^nd Lt. Donald H. Yant Co Pilot

2^nd Lt. William F. Arnett Jr. Navigator

2^nd Lt. Clemence W. Halteman Jr. Bombardier

F/O. William H. Isaac Engineer

T/Sgt. John R. Robinson Radio/Radar Operator

Corp. Edward J. Hennebury Jr. Central Fire Control

Corp. William F. Raper Gunner

Corp. Abraham J. Becker Gunner

Sgt. Irvin Leifer Gunner

Sgt. George R. Lovelock Gunner

William was KIA when an engine caught fire after take-off from Guam to a Bombing Mission in Japan on May 11, 1945, he is honored with an Air Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/29th_Bombardment_Group.html

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org