Bennett Edwin Smith
Military
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UPL 6617
Ground Crew for B-24 H 15 CF # 41- 29366 "Dirty Gertie": March 1944- End of War
Left to Right: Jerre "Willie" Williams, Bennett Smith (Crew Chief), Carmen "CQ" Quattrone
Left to Right: Jerre "Willie" Williams, Bennett Smith (Crew Chief), Carmen "CQ" Quattrone
466th BG Historian
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13079323 and O-701668
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Dirty Gertie
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Mississippi, USA | 12 March 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Hattiesburg, MS, USA | 4 September 1942 | Camp Shelby |
Died |
Jackson, MS, USA | 2 November 2001 | |
Buried |
Ridgeland, MS, USA | 5 November 2001 | Parkway Memorial Cemetery Ridgeland, Madison County, Mississippi, USA |
Choctaw County, MS, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom and Brassfield, page 351