Eric Bennett
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 7
Military
Crew Number 7. Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x missions (17 aboard 42-30713 "Phyllis Marie").
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 7
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 7. Assigned to 568 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x missions ( 17 x aboard 42-30713 "Phyllis Marie").
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 7
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew 25 missions on B-17 42-30713 'Phyllis Marie'. Shot down 1 Me109.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), DUC, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 7
Military | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 7
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | B 17 gunner waist, Ball, top/flight engineer | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 8
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 7. Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x missions ( 16 x aboard 42-30713 "Phyllis Marie" ). Tail Gunner on B-17 "Phyllis Marie". He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross shortly after the image of him in the tail gun was taken and...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 7. Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x missions.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Crew Number 7 [Co-pilot].
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 390th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses from Framlingham, Suffolk, between July 1943 and the end of the war in Europe. The Group was engaged in strategic missions until the invasion of Europe when its role became more of a tactical one. This...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 17/7/43; Scott 10/8/43; Assigned 568BS/390BG [BI-E] Framlingham 25/8/43; Missing in Action [34m] Berlin 6/3/44 with Max Quakenbush, Co-pilot: Roger Johnson, Navigator: Amergo Bassi, Bombardier: Harry Bell, Flight engineer/top turret...
Military site : airfield
Polebrook was laid down for RAF Bomber Command use in 1940-1941. Built by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd, it had short runways which were lengthened for USAAF heavy bomber use. The RAF used the base for operational trials - including of B-17 Flying...
Event | Location | Date |
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Born | Kansas, USA | 27 January 1918 |
Enlisted | Boise Airport (BOI), 3201 W Airport Way #1000, Boise, ID 83705, USA | 21 March 1942 |
Gowan Field |
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Based | Polebrook | 23 September 1943 – 3 February 1944 |
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died | Santa Barbara, CA, USA | 22 November 1997 |
Buried | December 1997 | |
Cremated |
Date | Contributor | Update |
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09 March 2018 19:59:36 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, biography, awards, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/record/69176676-perry-v-row |
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Date | Contributor | Update |
27 September 2014 18:21:22 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Row%2C+Perry+V |