Benedetto J Benigno

Military

Reported to the ETO on 12 Mar 1943. He flew on Wesley Peterson crew. He completed 4 missions and was shot down on his 5th.

On a mission to Bremen with Lt. Theodore Jankowski, 17 April, 1943, a/c B-17 #425251 'Bodacious Critter. ' was severly damaged before reaching target, but made the bomb run where it was hit by flak. A bale out order was given in the Emden area and 7 survivors landed near Muhlberg. Plane crashed near Strackholt, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW) imprisoned at Stalag Luft 3 and moved to 49-11 near Nuremberg.



POW, PH, AM,

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Revisions

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ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, MACR 15519, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey, p. 106, First Over Germany by Strong, p. 89, NARA POW record on line, Russell Strong Index Cards, 306th BGA Collecti

Data Update, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, 15 September 2014

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, MACR 15519, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey, p. 106, First Over Germany by Strong, p. 89, NARA POW record on line. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia