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WEIENETH, Arlynn Earl - Date of
birth
17 February 1922 -
Age
22 -
Place of birth
Kensett, Worth County, Iowa -
Hometown
Benton, Ringgold County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-728942 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
401st Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
18 August 1944 - Place of
death
Hergarten, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Johann F. Weieneth (father)
Elizabeth H. L. (Fisher) Weieneth (mother)
Leslie W. Weieneth (brother)
Dora L. Weieneth (sister)
Doyle E. Weieneth (brother)
Margaret A. Weieneth (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-5437 -
Data
Type B-17F
Nickname: Frank's Nightmare
Destination: Schweinfurt, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the ball bearing industry
MACR: 282
More information
1st Lt Arlynn E. Weieneth was a clerk before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Fort Des Moines, Iowa on 24 January 1942.The mission took plece on 17 August 1943.
1st Lt Robert E. Nichols:
A/C out of 91st Group behind and to our left (believed to be A/C 437) was hit by flak at Woensdrecht and then by E/A at or about 1410. A/C snapped up out of formation and half fell into tight spin getting tighter and tighter. Last seen at 1413, at an altitude of 18000 feet in vicinity of 5014N 0711E. It is believed that one parachute came from this airplane.
Nine crew members were killed, one was taken prisoner.
He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ellen Feller Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.findagrave.com – DLK
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Mario Cremer