World War II Honoree

Arnold Wilson Cisco

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Jerseyville, Illinois

Honored By

Charles Henry Atkinson

Stationed with the 99th Pursuit Squadron at Ramitelli Air Base in Italy, he and his squadron flew missions in P-51 Mustang fighter planes (the planes tails were painted red), guarding the U.S. B-52 5th Bomb Wing over Bucharest, Hungary, as the oil refineries below were bombed and destroyed, eliminating thirty percent of Germany’s oil supply. He earned AN Oak Leaf Cluster, WWII Victory MEDAL AND European-African-Middle Eastern Theater medal. In 1946, returning from leave in Chicago, his transport plane crashed when it hit electric wires during a storm.