Richard T Bennett

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-50413.jpeg UPL 50413 Bennett Crew, 457th BG. Lt Bennett and crew after the mission to Chateaudun, France on Aug 1st, 1944.
Richard T. Bennett, Charles E. Robb, Charles R. Hunicutt, Houston L. Levers, Cral D. Seibrands, Eugene M. Beamer, George Ribiero, Louis F. Beske, Donald J. Lighthizer, Charles L. Campbell

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Object Number - UPL 50413 - Bennett Crew, 457th BG. Lt Bennett and crew after the mission to Chateaudun, France on Aug 1st, 1944. Richard T. Bennett, Charles E. Robb, Charles...

Lt. Bennett, having completed his tour with the 751st BS, asked for and received a transfer to a fighter group for P-51 transition training. He left Glatton 12 July 1944. Two weeks later, word came back that Bennett had been killed in a P-51 training flight.



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

26 July 1944

Born

New York State

Buried

Plot E Row 2 Grave 114

Other

Memorialised

Westfield, NY 14787, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56287752/richard-t-bennett
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57031597/richard-t-bennett

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

1993 457th BGA Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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