Eugene E Bennett
Military
Object Number - UPL 24060 - Lt. Eugene E Bennett, [ Summit Station, PA ]. 62nd Fighter Squadron. Assigned a/c currently unknown but was downed and evaded on 7 June 1944 in P-47D...
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Hit by flak strafing tanks near Bernay, France. Crashed at Habloville on 7-Jun-44 in P-47 42-76254. Evaded (EVD). MACR 5496. Credited with a shared destroyed. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
22 July 1942 | ||
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Other E/A Destroyed 1/2 |
4 May 1944 | Fw190 shared destroyed Nordhausen 4-May-44. | |
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Other Shot down EVD |
7 June 1944 | Hit by flak strafing tanks near Bernay, France. Crashed at Habloville on 7-Jun-44 in P-47 42-76254. Evaded (EVD). MACR 5496. | |
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Other Promotion |
25 September 1944 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
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Born |
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Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). | ||
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Born Evaded (EVD) |
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Based |
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Bennett&Submit=S…
https://www.fold3.com/image/28659370
https://www.fold3.com/page/83836573_eugene_e%20bennett/details/
http://aces.safarikovi.org/victories/doc/usaf.aerial.victory.credits-ww…
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/p-47/er/56-bennett-4may44.jpg
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5496 / MACR 5496 & SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, D790.A2S45, 1998, page 206 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
