About
World War II (1939-1945)
Arnold Harrison Mann was born in the Bronx, New York, on July 16, 1923. By 1940, he moved to the city of Schenectady with his mother to live with his aunt and uncle. He graduated from Mont Pleasant High School in 1941, and after graduation he started working for General Electric.
On July 15, 1942, Arnold enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He was a sergeant serving with the 794th Bomber Squadron, 468th Bomber Group. On June 16, 1944, Arnold was returning from a night mission when his B-29-1-MO Superfortress collided with a mountain in China, and the entire crew was lost. They are buried together in Fort Smith National Cemetery in Arkansas. Arnold is also remembered at the Agudat Achim Cemetery in Rotterdam, New York.
*B-29-1-MO Superfortress #42-6231
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
