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Personal info

Full name
EBARB, Arthur Clyde
Date of birth
22 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Van Zandt County, Texas
Hometown
Will Point, Van Zandt County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-719033
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Navigator
Unit
324th Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Bellevue Allee, Tiergarten Zoo
Berlin, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 22 7

Immediate family

Members
Claud Ebarb (father)
Annie M. Ebarb (mother)
Isabell C. Ebarb (sister)
Sibel M. Ebarb (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-97632
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Berlin, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Tempelhof marshalling yard
MACR: 12232

More information

Statement of 2nd Lt. Merlin M. Goldberg:
"I was flying as pilot in no. 2 position of the 4th element, and at about ten seconds after bombs away I observed an explosion of a direct flak hit in the waist section of aircraft B-17G 42-97632. At this time I also saw what appeared to be a secondary explosion in the interior of the aircraft as fire shot out of the nose. The aircraft disintegrated from about the horizontal stabilizer to the trailing edge of the wing. The tail section floated back through the formation and the forward section nosed downward. No flames or smoke were visable. I saw no crew members leave the aircraft or parachutes open."

The entire crew was killed. The remains were taken to the Reserve Hospital 101, Olympia Village at Döberitz. They were initially buried at the POW Cemetery at Elsgrund-Döbertiz.

Two crew members are still missing in action: George Zenz and Frank Adams.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.91stbombgroup.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR

Photo source: Jac Engels, Arie-Jan van Hees, Navigator Class book 44-05, San Marcos, Texas, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Van Zandt County, Texas