Ben Reizen

Military
media-29738.jpeg UPL 29738 ENGLAND-Preparing to take off on the first 8th AAF Fighter Command Shuttle mission to Russia is Lt. Robert P Kenyon, [ Detroit, MI ]. The long range North American P-51 Mustang fighters took off from their British bases, escorted the heavy bombers over Germany and then landed in Russia. On the wing is Pvt later Sgt Ben Reizen [ Troy NY ].

Object Number - UPL 29738 - ENGLAND-Preparing to take off on the first 8th AAF Fighter Command Shuttle mission to Russia is Lt. Robert P Kenyon, [ Detroit, MI ]. The long range...

Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Born

10 May 1918

Died

29 January 2000
Troy, NY, USA

Based

Debden Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Schuylerville, NY 12871, USA Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Schuylerville Saratoga County New York, USA

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'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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