Canziani, Arthur Leonard

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Canziani, Arthur Leonard ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-683176 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #79 dated 23 August 1943, effective 23 August 1943.
Duty	Navigator
MOS	1034 - Navigator
Last Duty Date	30 January 1944
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 9 December 1917 Ordered on seven days Temporary Duty to the American Red Cross Club, Southport (A FLAK House) on or about 9 January 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #6 dated 8 January 1944.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 2263⇓ (3.481 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 20 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
25⇗	23 September 1943	Target: Submarine Repair Ship Type: Submarine Facility Location: Nantes, France	Navigator	42‑5051⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
26⇗	27 September 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Navigator	42‑3216⇗	Combat Mission Credit One engine went out before the target, and a second was hit by flak. A third engine quit on the way home. The crew threw as much as possible overboard, and the pilot was able to bring it in on one engine. Sortie Report⇗
27⇗	2 October 1943	Target: Port Facilities Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Navigator	42‑5051⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
29⇗	8 October 1943	Target: Workshops Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	42‑3216⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
31⇗	10 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Münster, Germany	Navigator	42‑3216⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Sortie Report⇗
33⇗	20 October 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Düren, Germany	Navigator	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
--⇗	30 October 1943	Target: Marshaling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Geilenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑3218⇗	Sortie Report⇗
34⇗	3 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Wilhelmshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
35⇗	5 November 1943	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Navigator	42‑37816⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
36⇗	16 November 1943	Target: Knaben II Molybdenum Mine Type: Industry Location: Knaben, Norway	Navigator	42‑37776⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
37⇗	26 November 1943	Target: City Center Type: Non-Military Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	41‑24557⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
38⇗	29 November 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	42‑5838⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
40⇗	5 December 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France	Navigator	42‑39888⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
41⇗	11 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Emden, Germany	Navigator	42‑29828⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
42⇗	13 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	42‑5404⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group, high Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
43⇗	16 December 1943	Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany	Navigator	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
45⇗	22 December 1943	Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany	Navigator	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
46⇗	24 December 1943	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Croisette, France	Navigator	41‑24525⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑29554. Sortie Report⇗
47⇗	30 December 1943	Target: I. G. Farben Industrie, Chemical/Synthetic Rubber Plants Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑30026⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
51⇗	7 January 1944	Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Navigator	42‑29632⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Became separated from formation in dense clouds after group assembly; failed to make wing rendezvous. Sortie Report⇗
54⇗	21 January 1944	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France	Navigator	42‑31415⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
55⇗	29 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Navigator	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
56⇗	30 January 1944	Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany	Navigator	42‑5444⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Low group high Squadron. Last seen at 1146 hrs, six minutes before the IP, being attacked by FW 190s and began falling away from the formation where he burst into flames, but continued on and dropped bombs on target; three chutes seen to emerge; crashed near Oberkirchen, Germany. Casualties buried in Meinsen. MACR 2263 Sortie Report⇗

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