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Personal info

Full name
BACHMAN, Arthur William
Date of birth
23 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Orange, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-830381
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
509th Fighter Squadron,
405th Fighter Group
Awards
Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
4 miles west of Ophoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 13 12

Immediate family

Members
William G. Bachman (father)
Beatrice (Hinds) Bachman (mother)
Stanley Bachman (brother)
Walter Bachman (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-26459
Data
Type: P-47D
Destination: Local, area Ophoven, Germany
Mission: Test flight
MACR: 13679

More information

1st Lt Arthur W. Bachman graduated from West Orange High School in 1941 and was employed at Western Electric Company.

The plane was lost on a local test flight.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com MACR, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Arie-Jan van Hees