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HON, Arthur Clinton - Date of
birth
7 November 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Oilton, Creek County, Oklahoma -
Hometown
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-751738 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 May 1944 - Place of
death
Kamberg/Taunus, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| H | 8 | 8 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Arthur A. Hon (father)
Robbie M. (Hunt) Hon (mother)
Daphne H. (Ridgeway) Hon (wife)
David Hon (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-97382 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Brux, Czechoslovakia
Mission: Combat
MACR: 4859
More information
1st Lt Arthur C. Hon graduated from Central High School and University of Oklahoma. He was employed at Stanolind Oil & Gas Company.He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in the fall of 1942 and was commissioned in July, 1943 at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. He was sent overseas in February, 1944
Aircraft 42-97382 collided with aircraft 42-102452, piloted by Lt Herb Moore. A/C 452 was trying to avoid an exploding aircraft. It rammed with its props about over the cockpit of A/C 382 which broke the ship into two and blew up. Both ships went down in flames, 12 to 15 chutes were reported.
Only the radio operator David G. Long and Waist Gunners Floyd Tams and Helimuth Sickerott survived.
The other crewmembers were initially buried in the cemetery of Kamberg.
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / WWII Draft Card / 1950 US Census
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-G, Merced AAF, California, Tulsa World - 18 May 1945