Arthur Brody will arrive home today from Grinnell college to spend the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brody, and attend the Drake relays.
Source: The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) – Saturday, April 25, 1942
Arthur Brody, Pilot, Killed
Son of Des Moines Attorney
Second Lieut. Arthur Brody, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brody of 930 Twenty-ninth st. has been killed in the European theater, the war department informed his parents.
Lieutenant Brody, a P-47 pilot, arrived in England from the United States about June 1, his father, a widely known attorney, said.
He was a graduate of Roosevelt High school and had attended Grinnell college for a year and a half before entering the service in February, 1943.
In addition to his parents, Lieutenant is survived by a brother Lieut. Joseph S. Brody of the army air corps and a sister, Mrs. John Corcoran, of Chicago.
Source: The DesMoines Tribune, July 1, 1944 (photo included)
Arthur David Brody, a member of the Grinnell class of 1945, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Brody, Des Moines. A second lieutenant and P-47 pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II,, he was killed in England in 1944.
Born 13 Nov 1923; Died 25 Jun 1944-England
Buried Cambridge England Cemetery: Blk F, Row 5, Grave 7.
2 Lt Arthur David Brody, 495 FTR GP
Source: ancestry.com
