Robert D Benjamin
Military
From Don Kowalsky: "I have an article I found in an old newspaper printed in 1944-1945 about a B-17 named Dottie Jane, the man was one of the gunners by the name of S/Sgt. Robert Benjamin, he was from my home town of Arcadia, Wisconsin."
Object Number - UPL 7145 - Newspaper clipping sent through about the crew of B-17 'Dottie Jane'.
Robert Benjamin was injured on his thirteen mission. B-17G #42-31227 'Dottie Jane' was hit by flak on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 but was able to return to base. RTD.
Memory of Robert from Russ Severson, a WWII Marine veteran and Arcadia, WI resident:
"Don, I knew Bob, he was a good friend of mine. We did lots of hunting and fishing together. The plane was shot up pretty bad and Bob was wounded in the upper leg. They barely made it back to England. Bob passed away a few years ago. Russ"
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dottie Jane
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia, WI 54612, USA | |||
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Based |
Rattlesden |
Revisions
Added the name of the WWII Marine - Russ Severson - and corrected where he was from - it's Arcadia, Wisconsin, not Washington.
Thanks to information supplied by Don Kowalsky.
The memory of Bob was sent through to the museum by Don Kowalsky from Arcadia, Washington.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces