S/Sgt ARTHUR O. KNIPE, 31078585

STAFF SERGEANT ARTHUR O. KNIPE, 31078585 US Army Air Corps KIA / MIA. Sergeant Knipe attended Haverhill High School and was then employed at Knipe Bros. Shoe Co. He enlisted in the Air Corps June 18, 1942, having previously served four years in the Marine Corps. He was assigned to Miami, Fla., for his basic training and then attended gunnery school at Sheppard Field, Texas. After further schooling at Fresno and Inglewood, Cal., he shipped overseas in July, 1943, as a tail gunner on a B-25C-5 Mitchell 42-53349. He was assigned to combat duty in the Aleutian Islands with 77th BS, 28th BG, 11th AF, based. On September 9, 1943, while attacking an enemy ship his plane struck the mast of the ship and immediately crashed into the sea. Sergeant Knipe and Carmen Diorio 16135849 were trapped in the plane, but the others 4 were rescued and taken prisoner. He was officially declared killed in action December 9, 1945. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mildred V. Knipe, of 5 Arlington St., and mother, Mrs. Minnie O. Knipe, 16 Oxford Avenue, Ward Hill.

STAFF SERGEANT ARTHUR O. KNIPE, 31078585 US Army Air Corps KIA / MIA. Sergeant Knipe attended Haverhill High School and was then employed at Knipe Bros. Shoe Co. He enlisted in the Air Corps June 18, 1942, having previously served four years in the Marine Corps. He was assigned to Miami, Fla., for his basic training and then attended gunnery school at Sheppard Field, Texas. After further schooling at Fresno and Inglewood, Cal., he shipped overseas in July, 1943, as a tail gunner on a B-25C-5 Mitchell 42-53349. He was assigned to combat duty in the Aleutian Islands with 77th BS, 28th BG, 11th AF, based. On September 9, 1944, while attacking an enemy ship his plane struck the mast of the ship and immediately crashed into the sea. Sergeant Knipe and S/Sgt Carmen Diorio 16135849 were trapped in the plane, but the others 4 were rescued and taken prisoner. He was officially declared killed in action December 9, 1945. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mildred V. Knipe, of 5 Arlington St., and mother, Mrs. Minnie O. Knipe, 16 Oxford Avenue, Ward Hill.

1- Haverhill Massachusetts – Haverhill  in World War Two