Clark Harold Benington
Military
Object Number - UPL 40004 - Russ Jones, Clark Benington, Richard "Dick" Leitch, and Mack Dodson, members of the crew of Star Eyes, in Dyersburg, TN, June 1944
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Star Eyes, My Ideal
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1944
- Date: 31 July 1944
- Date: 29 July 1944
- Date: 28 July 1944
- Date: 19 July 1944
- Official Description: More than 1,100 Heavy Bombers, operating in 5 forces, attack targets in Germany, including 2 plants producing hydrogen peroxide (an ingredient in V-weapon fuels), a chemical plant, 2 aircraft factories, 4 ball bearing plants, 6 Marshalling Yards, 4...
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Contributorkcrichton23
Sources
original list of missions held by Clark's wife, Lucia (Arras) Benington
Contributorkcrichton23
Sources
granddaughter
ContributorAAM
Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia