Stanley Duane Bennett
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 19491
MacKinnon aircrew - 412th Bomb Sqdn B-17F-65-BO “Lonesome Polecat I” #42-29693 BACK ROW 1st Lt. Malcolm B. MacKinnon (pilot) F/O Eugene W. Wood (co-pilot) 2nd Lt. William H. Powell (navigator) 2nd Lt. Gerald J. Jenkins (bombardier) MIDDLE ROW T/Sgt Alexander A. Mareck (waist gunner) T/Sgt John J. Vail (radio operator) S/Sgt John F. Davoren (waist gunner) S/Sgt George Babich (top turret gunner) FRONT ROW S/Sgt Stanley D. Bennett (tail gunner) S/Sgt Lyle P. Blackridge (ball turret gunner).
This photo is believed to have been taken while the 95th Bomb Group was still in Rapid City, South Dakota. The crew, as shown above, is not the crew that was flying in the Lonesome Polecat on June 11th, 1943, when it was shot down and all aboard were KIA. Not with the crew that day were S/SGT Blackridge, 2LT Powell, and 2LT Jenkins.
This photo is believed to have been taken while the 95th Bomb Group was still in Rapid City, South Dakota. The crew, as shown above, is not the crew that was flying in the Lonesome Polecat on June 11th, 1943, when it was shot down and all aboard were KIA. Not with the crew that day were S/SGT Blackridge, 2LT Powell, and 2LT Jenkins.
Jim Hersom
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Flensburg raid 19-May-43 in B-17 42-29737 'Louise', fought off enemy fighters despite having been wounded in the face. Wounded in Action (WIA). RTD
Failed to Return (FTR) Cuxhaven in B-17 42-29693 'Lonesome Polecat' 11-Jun-43; A/C crashed into North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2807
Awards: AM, PH (OLC).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12035122 / O-389270
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 11 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Smith Center, KS | 25 July 1920 | Son of John H and Stella [Chaney] Bennett, residing Auburn, Nebraska. |
Other Married |
Auburn, NE | 4 March 1943 | Married Martha Janet Snyder in Auburn, Nebraska. |
Died |
North Sea | 11 June 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Cuxhaven in B-17 42-29693 'Lonesome Polecat' 11-Jun-43; A/C crashed into North Sea. KIA MACR 2807 |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands | |
Based |
Horham | 11 June 1943 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Enlisted |
Lincoln, NE | Lincoln, Nebraska |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2807 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database