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416th Bombardment Group (L) 2Lt. Arthur Alvin Raines Jr. Pilot, O-747891 Killed In Action - Apr 10, 1944 669th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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416th Bombardment Group (L) 2Lt. Arthur Alvin Raines Jr. Pilot, O-747891 Killed In Action - Apr 10, 1944 669th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 1918, Jackson City, Amador County, California
Entered Military Service: Date: 8-Apr-1942 At: Minter Field, Bakersfield, CA From: Kern County, California NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 19093892 Missing: Memorial at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Tablets of the Missing On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial, Certificate |
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LOST - Mrs. Evelyn Crawford, 323 Arvin street, has been notified by the war department that her son, Second Lieutenant Arthur A. Raines, Jr., has been declared officially dead. Lieutenant Raines had been missing in action over France since April 10, 1944. He had been in the service since May, 1942, and had served with an A-20 bomber crew in England since January, 1944. He is a graduate of Bakersfield High School and was employed b Smart & Final before entering the service. He was married to Mrs. Gertrude Raines, 514 E street, Wasco. Extracted from Newspapers.com |
See also 2Lt Arthur Alvin Raines Jr. Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(FOIA request fulfilled by Government Information Specialist Bryan K. Jolly, Fort Knox, KY)
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On the morning of 10 April 1944, a cold and overcast day, 36 A-20s of the 416th Bomb Group were dispatched from Wethersfield RAF station in England. Their mission was to destroy a secret German installation hidden within the Bois des Huit Rues (Forest of the 8 streets) near Morbecque and Hazebrouck in Flanders (northern France). The flight encountered heavy flak and was forced to make three passes over the target due to cloud cover. Three aircraft were lost, with only one crew surviving. A-20G tail number 43-9895, flown by 2nd Lt. Arthur A. Raines, Jr. with gunners SSgt Glenn J. Bender and SSgt Jack O. Nielsen was lost over the target due to flak. The aircraft was last seen by Lt. Ernest L. Johnson (670th BG) at 11,000 feet with one engine feathered. Lt. Raines entered the service from California.
See also MACR 3746 and Mission # 10
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