John M Bennett Jr
MilitarySS/ DFC/ AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster
John Bennett learned to fly with the Texas National Guard and his squadron was ordered to active duty about a year before Pearl Harbour. As command pilot with 100th Bomber Group he was on the first raid to Berlin and that to the heavy water plant in Norway. After the war he returned to reserve duty in Texas rising to the rank of Major General. He became Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in San Antonio, a Director of the American General and Cordillera Corporations and served on the committee of many other organisations. He died following a long battle with cancer in 1993.
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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
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
26 June 1908 |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Updated the highest rank per page 322 in the book “A Wing and A Prayer” by Harry H. Crosby.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45