Benjamin R Teschon

Military
media-26751.jpeg UPL 26751 Crew of B-24 'Unconditional Surrender'. The man furthest on the right is Frederick Karl Schultz. He survived 25 complete missions and made it back home. Bottom left is Benjamin R. Teschon.

Identifying bottom left man as Sergeant Ben Teschon.

Object Number - UPL 26751 - Crew of B-24 'Unconditional Surrender'. The man furthest on the right is Frederick Karl Schultz. He survived 25 complete missions and made it back...

Ben flew overseas on 'Unconditional Surrender' a flight on which they carried live pigeons in case the radio failed. He described his job as Radio Operator 'every day we received number code booklets that were changed every day to confuse the Germans'. He was discharged in October 1945 afterwards working for the Armour Food Co as an account executive for 39 years.

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A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

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Ringmasters Summer 2003

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster

Benjamin R Teschon: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 26751 - Crew of B-24 'Unconditional Surrender'. The man...

Object number: UPL 39085 - 491st Bomb Group, May 2009. The final Annual...