Name:
Morton Arinsberg
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
33577903
Unit:
614th Bomber Squadron, 401st Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1943-12-31
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Montefiore Cemetery, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Plot:
Section 4
Row:
Grave:
Lot 210
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Sgt Morton Arinsberg, top turret gunner of the B-17 42-37770 "Flak Rat", took off from Station 128 Deenethorpe, Nothamptonshire, UK at 0830 on a bombing mission over Bordeaux along with 500 other aircraft. They were among 25 to get shot down. German fighters and flak targeted the “Flak Rat” and brought it down at 1216 after a partial evacuation. It was Arinsberg’s first mission. Probably killed by a 20mm burst, his body was initially buried at Arjuzanx then Luynes before being shipped back to the US.