Cyrus Palmer Bennett

Military

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 3 x missions with 401BG. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4586





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Donald Edgar Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Dana Mack Lenkeit

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14103271 / O-803232
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30855

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ol Massa
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Jersey, USA 24 January 1916

Other

Baled out POW

Balkum, Germany 8 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin in B-17 42-30855 'Ol' Massa' 8-May-44; shot down. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4586

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 8 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

14 July 2002

Buried

Fort Logan National Cemetery Denver, Denver County, CO 17 July 2002 Fort Logan National Cemetery Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29032261
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1152
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36027829/cyrus-p-bennett

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29032261
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1152
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36027829/cyrus-p-bennett

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1134

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4586 / MACR 4586, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1152 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database