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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Joseph R. Arnold, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fresno, California

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS A COPILOT OF A B-17 ‘FLYING FORTRESS’ BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED OCTOBER 18, 1943 DURING A NIGHTTIME NAVIGATIONAL TRAINING MISSION. EIGHT CREWMEN DIED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK STORMY PEAKS, WEST OF FT. COLLINS, COLORADO. A MEMORIAL MARKER HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE FT. COLLINS PINGREE PARK CAMPUS IN MEMORY OF THESE AIRMEN.