George R Bennett

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-57627.jpeg UPL 57627 Crew All American Girl

Family

Object Number - UPL 57627 - Crew All American Girl

Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 42-37936 'The All American Girl' 10-Jan-45; shot down by flak, crashed Gladbach. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 11744



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

John Junior Dodrill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-770602
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37936) nicknamed "The All American Girl" of the 100th Bomb Group.

42-37936

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The All Amercian Girl/Our Mark
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Oglethorpe, GA 17 June 1943 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Died

10 January 1945

Born

Kingsport, Tennessee, USA Son of Helen S Bennett.

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Thorpe Abbotts 10 January 1945 Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Cambridge American Cemetery Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11744 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 57627 - Crew All American Girl