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Personal info

Full name
TORREY, Arthur Miles "Art"
Date of birth
2 December 1915
Age
26
Place of birth
Willstone Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33111291
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
330th Bombardment Squadron,
93rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 October 1942
Place of death
Lille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 9 32

Immediate family

Members
Clarence Torrey (father)
Hazel B. (Champion) (mother)
Gilbert Peterson (stepfather)
Gilbert A. Peterson Jr. (half-brother)
Mary M. Torrey (half-sister)

Plane data

Serial number
41-23678
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Big Eagle
Destination: Lille, France
Mission: Bombing of the aircraft plants

More information

S/Sgt Arthur M. Torrey was a mechanic before he joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 26 September 1941.

The aircraft was attacked on the way to the target by a German fighter near Dunkirk and took direct hits in #4 engine and the bomb bay.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.ancestry.com - Oil City Derrick, 15 October 1942 / Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.americanairmuseum.com, www.newspapers.com - Warren Times Mirror

Photo source: Michel Beckers, www.americanairmuseum.com, Benjamin Gluth