Bennie Rubio Carbajal
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) target support to Kiel crashed near Neuminster in P-38J 42-67186 5-Jan-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1859.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 77th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
East St Louis, Illinois | 31 August 1921 | |
Died |
Neumünster, Germany | 5 January 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) target support to Kiel crashed near Neuminster in P-38J 42-67186 5-Jan-44 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 1859. |
Buried |
Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Buried |
217 US-183, Goliad, TX 77963, USA | Memorialised La Bahia Cemetery Goliad Goliad County Texas, USA | |
Goliad County, TX, USA | |||
Based |
Kings Cliffe | 5 January 1944 | Assigned to 77FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1859 / MACR 1859, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 2, WWII Memorial / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list