Benjamin Neale Rader

Military

media-34006.jpeg UPL 34006 1Lt Benny Rader 20th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Object Number - UPL 34006 - 1Lt Benny Rader 20th FG

Flight leader 77th FS 20th FG Jan. 1944 - Sept. 1944

351 combat hours

2 Me109s destroyed air + 2 Ju88 damaged, 1/2 Ju52 damaged ground

Korean War 8th TRS

KIA Oct. 20, 1950 while flying a RF-80A on a recon mission near Pyongyand, N. Korea.

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Units served with

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

77th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Places

Kings Cliffe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Findlay, Ohio

Revisions

Date10 Mar 2022 00:12:20

Contributorfugari

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corrected mos

Date11 Feb 2022 21:14:58

Contributorjmoore43

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Removed extra info in the "Role/job" field.

Date16 Jun 2018 21:31:29

Contributorfugari

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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Date9 Jun 2018 23:28:10

Contributorlewis.ja85

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Great nephew Joseph Lewis

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:24

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Benjamin Neale Rader: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 33909 - Benjamin Neale Rader

Object number: UPL 33910 - Benjamin Neale Rader

Object number: UPL 33911 - Benjamin Neale Rader

Object number: UPL 34006 - 1Lt Benny Rader 20th FG