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Douglas B Benedict

Military

Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 1 x kill [Do24]. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).

Awards: DFC, AM (7 OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 20th Fighter Group, approved 26 November 1942

20th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Pilots of the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, stand around a map at Kings Cliffe air base before mission over northern France, October 1943. L to R: First Lieutenant Merle B. Nichols, Seattle, Wash.; Major Nathaniel H. Blanton, Earlsboro, Oklahoma and First Lieutenant Richard P. Gatterdam, Columbus, Ohio. Censor has drawn lines across the map. Each of these pilots went on to command one of the squadrons of the 20th Fighter Group. Gatterdam commanded the 55th Fighter Squadron, Nichols the 77th a

55th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

44-13768

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Nicknames: Lil Jughaid
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron 77th Fighter Squadron

44-63210

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 20th Fighter Group 55th Fighter Squadron

Places

A P-47 Thunderbolt (PZ-A, serial number 42-8699) nicknamed "Prairie Farme (Spirit of Los Angeles City College)" of the 352nd Fighter Group prpepares for take off at Wittering. Written on slide casing: 'PZ-A 28699 Cpt Andrews at Wittering.'

Wittering

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Monroe County, NY, USA	21 February 1924
Enlisted	Rochester, NY, USA	16 January 1943
Based	Wittering	18 September 1944 - 23 April 1945	Assigned to 55FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD)	England, UK	23 April 1945	Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).
Died	North Chili, NY 14514, USA	24 June 1999
	Rochester, New York
Other Promotion	Wittering, Peterborough PE8, UK		Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Revisions

Date28 Oct 2016 10:00:52

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/search.php?searchString=Benedict&Submit=…
https://www.fold3.com/page/86480703_douglas_b%20benedict/details/
https://www.fold3.com/page/11814620_douglas_b%20benedict/details/
https://www.fold3.com/image/28721554

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:46

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / King's Cliffe Memorial Edition / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list