Robert P Bender

Military

Four airmen of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R: W. Isaacs (B) D.Merton(CP) J.Bader (N) R. Bender(P). 95BG en route to Africa'

media-379274.jpg FRE 838 Four airmen of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R: W. Isaacs (B) D.Merton(CP) J.Bader (N) R. Bender(P). 95BG en route to Africa' Roger Freeman Collection

Associated R. Bender from image caption

Object Number - FRE 838 - Four airmen of the 95th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R: W. Isaacs (B) D.Merton(CP) J.Bader (N) R. Bender(P). 95BG en route to...

B-17 #4230286 'Spook IV' ditched in Channel on 28 June 1943. Returned to base. Earlier on May 17, 1943, landed with 2 engines out in ac B-17 42-29704 'Spook'. Crew escaped uninjured

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Units served with

336th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

95th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29704

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Spook
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

42-30286

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Spook iv
Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date9 Jan 2020 16:28:26

Contributorjmoore43

ChangesChanges to aircraft associations

Sources

Added a connection to A/C SPOOK iV.

Date13 Apr 2015 20:26:02

Contributorsimaguire

ChangesChanges to nickname

Sources

B17s Over Berlin, personal stories from the 95th Bomb group
Edited by Ian L. Hawkins

Date27 Sep 2014 18:23:57

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 126

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