Anthony J DeBenedictus

Military

On a mission to Erkner Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-24J #42-99975 'The Latrine Rumor' aka 'Yankee Rebel Harmony' made a forced landing near Wartena, Holland hitting a windmill that crushed the nose section. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Back row: John Kendrick, Steve Judd, Allen Seamans, Robert Owen. Front row: John Owens, William Mineer, Stanley Stanczkiewicz, Frank Kettner, James Graham, Robert Sherman. United States Army Air Corps, Four Engine Bomber Training, Pueblo, Colorado, 1943.

James Claire Graham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33476931
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Stephen Peter Judd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-683019
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John Marcus Kendrick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-933195
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
Back row: John Kendrick, Steve Judd, Allen Seamans, Robert Owen. Front row: John Owens, William Mineer, Stanley Stanczkiewicz, Frank Kettner, James Graham, Robert Sherman. United States Army Air Corps, Four Engine Bomber Training, Pueblo, Colorado, 1943.

Francis John Kettner

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
William Mineer, Dutch Resistance photo

William F Mineer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35670530
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-99975

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Yankee Rebel Harmony; The Latrine Rumor
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

13 April 2012

Born

Catskill, New York

Buried

NJ?

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Added a space in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; MACR 2958, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 244 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45