Craig M Bennett
MilitaryAssigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. Attached to 850BS. Member of Schultz crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Plauen 21-Mar-45; mid air collision with Me262, explosion sheared of tail. Sole survivor. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13556
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13144366 / O-829084
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 March 1945
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Marsworth
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
West Virginia | 26 November 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Bragg, NC | 17 March 1944 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
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Other Baled out POW |
Plauen, Germany | 21 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Plauen 21-Mar-45; mid air collision with Me262, explosion sheared of tail. Sole survivor. POW MACR 13556 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Bavaria | 21 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VIIa. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
16 May 1945 | Honourable discharged. | |
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Died |
Salisbury, NC | 4 August 1983 | |
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Based |
Cheddington | 21 March 1945 | Assigned to 848BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Charleston, SC |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13556