Arnold, Jack Truesdell (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1942-August-12

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Home: San Fransisco, California, USA

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Service

RCAF

Unit

35 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Uno Anima Agimus We Act with One Accord

Base

RAF Linton-on-Ouse

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Mid Upper Gunner

Service Numbers

R/133259
PoW: 25648

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Took off from Linton-on-Ouse at 01:05 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code: TL-G Bomber Command) on an operational flight over Le Havre, France.

Abandoned after hit by flak which severed the linkages in most of the bomber's flying controls.

POWs includes Arnold: Sergeant Michael Goff RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant Eric Charles Herwin RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Pilot Officer Lionel Parsell RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Wilfred James Reynolds RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Pilot Officer Kenneth Frederick Saunders RNZAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant H T Smith RAF POW camp not listed.