World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
George Donald Arnott
Hometown
Van Wert, Ohio
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 460 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK 1 (ED370) CRASHED NEAR GROSSENKNETEN, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BERLIN ON NOVEMBER 26, 1943. BURIED AT SAGE WAR CEMETERY, OLDENBURG, LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY.