Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Charles Eugene Arwood.
Unit/Placed in, (394the Bomber Squadron, 5th Bomber Group, Heavy) 73rd Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group.
Story
Normally he was a Pilot (with 3 Crewmembers) in the 18th Fighter Group, but for the secret mission (T5) together with (6 Originally Crewmembers from the 5th Bomber Group) a crew on a B-17.
Charles is born approx. on 10 September, 1914 in Jefferson County, Washington.
Father, Charles A. Arwood.
Mother, Mattie (Archer) Arwood.
Sister(s), Ruth R. Arwood.
Charles enlisted the service in Washington with service number # 0-433776.
Charles ‘s Crew-members on-board the plane a B-17 were,
Major John S. McBeth
Captain John W. Ford
1st Lt. Clifford A. Vierth
1st Lt. John B. Farrar Jr.
2nd Lt. Bernhard W. Ella
2nd Lt. Charles A. Arwood
TSgt. George H. Esler
SSgt. Frederick H. Lewis
SSgt. Ernest J. Mohon Jr.
Charles died when the Plane crashed during the Secret (T5) Mission on 23 July, 1942, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Charles is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to,
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
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
