LT.A.HEIDEN DOWNS NAZI PLANE SATURDAY
(Article from unknown Nebraska newspaper)


newspaper clipping
Lt. A.Heiden Downs
Nazi Plane Saturday


Graduate of K.P.H.S. - Has
Been Stationed Overseas
Several Months


� � Lt. Arthur W. Heiden, son of
Otto Heiden, Burton, was among
the fighter pilots credited with
shooting down a Nazi plane in
Saturday's fierce aerial engage-
ment over Europe, according to
announcements over radio news
broadcasts this week.

� � Heiden was graduated from
the Keya Paha County High
School with the class of 1942. He
was prominent in school ath-
letics, lettering in football, bas-
ketball and track. Always inter-
ested in aviation, Arthur was an
apt student in aeronautics and
science.

� � Heiden enlisted in the Army
Air Corps shortly following hs
graduation from high school, and
has been in overseas duty sev-
eral months.



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