World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Mafalda E. Arney
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Terre Haute, Indiana
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SHE WAS AN ARMY NURSE AND A PASSENGER IN A B-17 FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED MAY 22, 1943 WHEN THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A NIGHTTIME LANDING APPROACH. THREE CREWMEN AND THREE PASSENGERS PERISHED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR PETERSON ARMY AIR FIELD, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.