Arthur Jack Meehan served as a US Navy specialist, assigned as a motion picture photographer with Detachment 101 of the OSS in Burma, having previously worked as a photographer with Pathe Laboratories in Hollywood. On 18 January 1944, Meehan was aboard a C-47A troop carrier, 42-100696, assigned to the 2nd Troop Carrier Squadron, departed Dinjan, India, on a food packet drop mission to Burma. It was last contacted at 1137 hours by radio. It was shot down by enemy fighters in Burma. All aboard were killed in action.
Arthur Jack Meehan served as a US Navy specialist, assigned as a motion picture photographer with Detachment 101 of the OSS in Burma, having previously worked as a photographer with Pathe Laboratories in Hollywood. On 18 January 1944, Meehan was aboard a C-47A troop carrier, 42-100696, assigned to the 2nd Troop Carrier Squadron, departed Dinjan, India, on a food packet drop mission to Burma. It was last contacted at 1137 hours by radio. It was shot down by enemy fighters in Burma. All aboard were killed in action.
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