Individual Details

Death

Arnet “AI” Furr graduated from Veedersburg High School in April, 1942. He was sworn into the service on December 14, 1942, and accepted into the aviation branch of the Army Air Corps. After training at various air fields, he became a member of the Eighth Air Force 457th Bomb Group, 749th Squadron stationed at RAF Glatton, England. He was the pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress, flying his first mission on August 3, 1944. On November 8, 1944, the squadron was returning from its mission (Arnet’s 28th) when the B-17 (Bad Times Inc. II) flying to Furr’s left slipped into his, shearing it in half. The plane went down just past the Dutch coast. There were no survivors. Arnet was awarded the air medal “for exceptionally meritorious achievement while serving over Germany and enemy occupied Europe. The courage, coolness, and skill displayed by Lieutenant Furr on these occasions reflect great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States.” He also received two Oak Leaf Clusters and, posthumously, the Purple Heart. Arnet Lee Furr’s name is memorialized on the Wall of the Missing in the American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands.

Military

Name: Arnet L Furr
Birth Year: 1924
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State: Indiana
County or City: Fountain
Enlistment Date: 15 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: Fort Benjamin Harrison
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Addressing-Embossing Machine Operator or Clerk, General
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 69
Weight: 136