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Personal info

Full name
ALTMAN, Arthur Theodore Jr
Date of birth
16 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
O-745991
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
55th Fighter Squadron,
20th Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
5 January 1944
Place of death
South Shore, Wangerooge Island, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Arthur T. Altman (father)
Hazel Louise (Eugley) Altman (mother)
Katherine Altman (sister)
Roger Altman (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-67194
Data
Type: P-38J
Destination: Kiel, Germany
MACR: 1969

More information

2nd Lt Arthur T. Altman Jr. was a salesman.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in Los Angeles, California, on 25 February 1942.

Statement of 1st Lt Jerome C. Serros:
"1st Lt Altman was flying behind me and on my right. I noticed that his right engine was smoking, so I called him and told him to feather his propeller. There was no answer. Later, I saw a P-38 go down with an engine smoking. I cannot say for sure that this airplane was Lt Altman’s."

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com Minnesota Birth Index / 1920 Census, US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans / Ancestry, www.fold3.com - MACR

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.20thfightergroup.com - Mike Murray, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-D, Williams Field, Arizona.