Robert Bennett
MilitaryAssigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula in C-47 43-15146; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5712
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-713816
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32231192
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12097998 / O-700639
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33291763
- Role/Job: Radio operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 20 January 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
Other Survived crash landing POW |
2 miles NNE Picauville, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Re-Supply mission to Cotentin peninsula in C-47 43-15146; A/C crashed 2 miles NNE of Picauville. POW MACR 5712 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 7 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Born |
Suffolk County, Massachusetts | ||
Based |
Saltby | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 32TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. |