Erice Bennett
Military
Object Number - UPL 56103 - T/Sgt Erice Bennett, 390BG.
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Number 7. 24 x combat missions.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
Post War: Served in USAF in Korean conflict.
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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: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19061285 / O-?
- Highest Rank: Captain
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Phyllis Marie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Millwood, Ware, GA | 3 November 1914 | Son of James Wesley and Rebecca Elender [Lee] Bennet. |
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Enlisted |
4 December 1952 | ||
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Other Discharged USAF |
31 August 1962 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
22 September 1985 | ||
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Buried |
Jacksonville Memory Gardens Orange Park, Clay County, FL | 25 September 1985 | Jacksonville Memory Gardens Orange Park, Clay County, Florida |
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Enlisted |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. | ||
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Based |
Framlingham | Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Associated with pilot.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.390thspace.com/missions.php?name=Bennett%2C+Eric+E
