Joseph Paul Bender
Military
UPL 61117
UPL 61117
2nd Lt. Joe Bender (Moe), Pilot (Paulsboro, New Jersey)
2nd Lt. Bert B. Smith (Smitty), Co-Pilot (Chicago, Illinois)
2nd Lt. Paul H. Homburg Jr., Bombardier, (San Antonio, Texas)
2nd Lt. Charles Massey, Navigator, (George West, Texas)
S. Sgt. Henry Gowland, Engineer, (New Orleans, Louisiana)
S. Sgt. Gerald E. Clemons, Radio, (Kilgore, Texas)
Sgt. Ben O. Lath, L. Waist Gunner, (New Castle, Pennsylvania)
Sgt. Loyd N. Zabel, R Waist Gunner, (Harrisburg, South Dakota)
Sgt. Ernest G. Haupt, Ball Turret, (Belmond, Iowa)
Sgt. Andy Wheeler, Tail Gunner, Wabasha, Minnesota
2nd Lt. Bert B. Smith (Smitty), Co-Pilot (Chicago, Illinois)
2nd Lt. Paul H. Homburg Jr., Bombardier, (San Antonio, Texas)
2nd Lt. Charles Massey, Navigator, (George West, Texas)
S. Sgt. Henry Gowland, Engineer, (New Orleans, Louisiana)
S. Sgt. Gerald E. Clemons, Radio, (Kilgore, Texas)
Sgt. Ben O. Lath, L. Waist Gunner, (New Castle, Pennsylvania)
Sgt. Loyd N. Zabel, R Waist Gunner, (Harrisburg, South Dakota)
Sgt. Ernest G. Haupt, Ball Turret, (Belmond, Iowa)
Sgt. Andy Wheeler, Tail Gunner, Wabasha, Minnesota
Picture handed down to me by my father Joe Bender
Assigned July 1944. On 11 Sept 1944 Cheminitz Germany (Frantic 3, Russian Shuttle) mission, Lt Bender had to abort and even he dropped his bombs to good avail on barges in the Rhine.
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- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit history; Snetterton Falcons, pg 179, 190