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Personal info

Full name
LINDELL, Arthur Eugene
Date of birth
31 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Russell, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Russell, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-823085
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
828th Bombardment Squadron,
485th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
Blechhammer, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Andrew P. Lindell (father)
Delia L. (Anderson) Lindell (mother)
Mary E. Lindell (sister)
Fred L. Lindell (brother)
Alice M. Lindell (sister)
Bessie E. Lindell (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-50486
Data
Type: B-24J
Nickname: Butch
Destination: Blechhammer, Germany
Mission: Blechhammer South synthetic oil refinery
MACR: 10924

More information

1st Lt Arthur E. Lindell graduated from Russell High School in 1942 and attended Westminster College.

He joined the Air Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve as a private in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 11 December 1942.

Approximately one minute after bombs away, which was at 1230 hours, flak made a direct hit on this airplane just aft of the bomb bay by the ball turret. The aircraft then broke in half and started to spin to earth.

Blechhammer was the name of an area in Upper Silesia, containing chemical plants, prisoner of war camps, and a forced labor subcamp of Auschwitz. It is now a city in Poland with the name Kedzierzyn-Kozle.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.485thbg.org, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: Jac Engels, Michel Beckers, Jerry Whiting, 485thbg.org