Robert J Benninger
Military ROLL OF HONOURBack row: Flight Engineer/Top Turret gunner Roy Holbert, Ball Turret Gunner Louis Colwart, Radio Operator Ross Kahler, Right Waist Gunner John Pindroch, Left Waist Gunner Joe Musial, Tail Gunner William Slenker
Front Row: First Pilot, Howard Snyder, Co-Pilot George Eike, Navigator Robert Benninger, Bombardier Richard Daniels
Associated person through information in photograph caption.
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Macquenoise, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31499. Evaded capture for a couple months but was captured and executed on 22 April 1944.
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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: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12029522 at enlistment, then O-679378
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742461
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Susan Ruth
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | 26 January 1923 | |
Other Evaded (EVD) |
France | 8 February 1944 - 22 April 1944 | |
Died |
22 April 1944 | Captured and executed. | |
Buried |
Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA | Winchester National Cemetery, Virginia |
Revisions
Added S/N per MACR 2493 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/28606335
Added birth date & burial location & updated rank per Find-a-grave MEMORIAL ID 109091945.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2493 / MACR 2493, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database