Del Carlo, Arnold

Biographical Note

Arnold Del Carlo was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 3, 1921, the first son of Natale and Estelle (McGowan) Del Carlo. During his childhood and teenage years, Del Carlo became fascinated with both airplanes and photography, but it was not until the beginning of the Second World War that the two interests merged. After completing Basic Training with the US Army in rural Texas, Del Carlo was sent to Bombardier School, where he was assigned to a partner cadet. The two cadets worked together, with one dropping bombs on a target and the other filming the puffs of smoke created by the bomb. The 35mm movie film was later processed in the laboratory where Del Carlo worked, showing the smoke relation to the target.

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