Arthur Monroe Lingo was born April 17, 1919, in Fellows, California. He was the son of Scott and Bertha Lingo and husband of Dorothy Marie Lingo, all of Fellows, California. He was reported missing after a raid in Germany on April 11, 1944. According to a press release from the Department of Defense, Captain Lingo was assigned to 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, 66th Fighter Wing, 8th Fighter Command in 1944. During a bomber escort mission to Sorau, Germany, the P-51 Mustang fighter Cpt. Lingo was piloting was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Miesterhorst in Central Germany, detailed German records.
On April 11, 1944, Cpt. Lingo was reported missing in action, and a presumptive finding of death was issued by the U.S. Army regarding Cpt. Lingo on Oct. 18, 1945.
U.S, Army Air Forces Capt. Arthur M Lingo was accounted for January 10, 2025.
Captain Lingo's family was briefed on the determination made and the Department of Defense's POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Captain Arthur M. Lingo of Fellows, California -who was killed in action over Germany during World War II- have been identified.
