Frank Bender
Military ROLL OF HONOURB-24H #42-94888 'Special Delivery II' collided with another B-24 on return from a mission to Kassel. KOM
Sergeant Frank NMI Bender was born on September 12, 1919. His next of kin was his grandmother, Susan C. Bender, and his sister, Lillian E. Bender. His hometown was Chicago, Illinois.
On September 29, 1944, he was serving as a gunner aboard ‘Special Delivery II’, B-24 tail #42-94888, when it collided with another B-24 from its unit, the 489th Bomb Group, 844th Bomb Squadron, over Walberswick, Suffolk. There were no survivors from either plane.
SGT Bender is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Special Delivery II
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group 844th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Illinois | 12 September 1919 | Sergeant Frank NMI Bender was born on September 12, 1919. His next of kin was his grandmother, Susan C. Bender, and his sister, Lillian E. Bender. His hometown was Chicago, Illinois. |
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Died |
Walberswick, Southwold, Suffolk IP18, UK | 27 September 1944 | On September 29, 1944, he was serving as a gunner aboard ‘Special Delivery II’, B-24 tail #42-94888, when it collided with another B-24 from its unit, the 489th Bomb Group, 844th Bomb Squadron, over Walberswick, Suffolk. There were no survivors from either plane. |
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Buried |
SGT Bender is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Combat Supplement, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Vol 4, Pg 409 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia