See also 1Lt Arthur William Nordstrom Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)
(FOIA request fulfilled by Government Information Specialist Bryan K. Jolly, Fort Knox, KY)
Disclaimer: IDPF files document efforts to locate, identify, move, notify relatives and provide final resting for Soldier Dead,
often months or years after death, thus some pages may contain potentially disturbing or distressing information.
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Notes:
A/C Last Sighted and was Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft. Aircraft received direct hit over target area, exploded and broke in half.
Description:
Moderate to intense flak at the target cost us two planes, both flown by our original crews from the States. A direct hit in the tunnel gunner's hatch of Lt Arthur W. Nordsrom's plane broke it in the middle. As the plane fell in the target area, one parachute was seen. ... Lt Nordstrom's gunners were Staff Sergeants Joseph D. Gossett and Robert L. Miller.
(416th BG History 1944)
See also MACR 9273 and Mission # 148
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Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 28 Oct 1945, Sun Page 40
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Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 28 Oct 1945, Sun Page 150
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Headstone Inscription and Interment Record
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Rosters Of WW II Dead
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Source information can be viewed at WWII Military Service Fatalities Sources
