James Robert Bennett
Military
Object Number - UPL 42641 - MACR 3842 42-52480 466th BG | 786th BS 08 Apr 1944
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #4252480. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-122287
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Our Honey
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Offlag X-B
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Winnsboro, South Carolina, USA | 19 September 1921 | |
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Enlisted |
Shaw AFB, SC 29152, USA | 7 November 1942 | |
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Other 466th BG Combat Tour |
Attlebridge, Norwich, UK | 22 March 1944 - 8 April 1944 | Shot down on his 4th mission |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Hanover, Germany | 10 April 1944 - 8 June 1945 | Stalag 10C |
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Died |
Winnsboro, SC 29180, USA | 20 August 1978 |
Revisions
466th BG Historian
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3842 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database