Robert Gordon Bennett

Military
media-54983.jpeg UPL 54983 Robert Gordon Bennett -pilot "Hare Power" 44-40117 Morgan Bailey, family photos

Family photo

Object Number - UPL 54983 - Robert Gordon Bennett -pilot "Hare Power" 44-40117

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Co-Pilot is Jim Weicker (not Wyker). Bombardier is Roland Weirback (not Weirbank).
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hare Power
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

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removed bio for additional input from family

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Photo is also in family collection

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correction, to add citizenship, family records

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Oral history and family records

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oral history, personal records in family collection

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removed as possibly inaccurate

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Oral History and personal records in family collection

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Family photos

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ContributorMorgan Bailey
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This is my grandfather, info is from personal records and oral history

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster

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