Gordon Lester Benson

Military

Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return Misburg in B-24 42-50729 26-Nov-44; hit by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11216





Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

People

Lee Emmett McPartland

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16137531 / O-823508
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-50729

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

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

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cherry Valley, Massachusetts 23 July 1920 Son of Arthur L Benson.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 26 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Worcester County, MA 2 September 2003

Buried

Mooreland Cemetery Paxton, Worcester County, MA 5 September 2003 Mooreland Cemetery Paxton, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Based

Tibenham 26 November 1944 Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67409487/gordon-lester-benson

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

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Not in Birsic / Not in Birsic, SO#265 12 Oct 44 MACR 11216