Individual Personnel Data
| Name |
Bridge, Arlie R (IO), Jr ‡
|
| Rank |
Staff Sergeant |
| Serial Number |
32476406 ‡ |
| Unit Assignments |
Assigned to the 544th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #54 dated 21 July 1943, effective 3 July 1943. |
| Duty |
Flexible Gunner / Tail Gunner |
| Last Duty Date |
25 July 1943 |
| Results |
Missing In Action
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands: Tablets of the Missing |
| Additional Information | |
| Related Documents |
Post Loss Document File #7⇗ |
| Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
| CREWMEMBER |
POSITION |
RESULTS |
| 2nd Lt. Hegewald, John Martin⇗ | Pilot | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Doubet, George Loren⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Moritz, Herbert Alvin⇗ | Navigator | POW |
| 2nd Lt. Neyland, John Daniel⇗ | Bombardier | MIA |
| T/SGT. Henry, Paul Francis⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | KIA |
| T/SGT. Ketterer, David Neely⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | KIA |
| S/SGT. Hulbert, Dudley Kline⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | KIA |
| S/SGT. Freitag, Alvin H⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
| S/SGT. McCormack, Walter Steve⇗ | Tail Gunner | KIA |
| S/SGT. Bridge, Arlie R (IO), Jr | Flexible Gunner | MIA |
Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 2
Combat Missions.
| Number |
Date |
Target |
Position |
Aircraft |
Mission/Sortie Information |
|
9⇗ |
24 July 1943 |
Target: Aluminum & Magnesium Plants
Type: Industry
Location: Herøya, Norway |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner |
42‑30139⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29728.
Sortie Report⇗ |
|
10⇗ |
25 July 1943 |
Target: Blohm & Voss Aircraft Works and Shipyard
Type: Industry
Location: Hamburg, Germany |
Tail Gunner |
42‑3075⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit
Failed To Return
Low Squadron Deputy. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29728. Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Wesel, Germany area. No MACR
Sortie Report⇗ |
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