Bonnie Anton Skloss

Military

Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background.

media-380292.jpg FRE 1487 Paul Bensel Crew
388th BG - 562nd BS

Standing Left to Right: Robert B. Leventhal (N), Paul P. Bensel (P), Phillip H. Pick (B), Glenn E. Kofoed (CP)

Kneeling Left to Right: Glinford E. Walls (LWG), Victor J. Stackniewicz (BTG), Leander A. Haschke (FE), Bonnie Skloss (WG), Kenneth R. Willis (R/O), James H. Cruchon (TG)

Lieutenant Paul Bensel and his crew of the 388th Bomb Group stand with a bomb, personally addressed to Hitler, and their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5954) nicknamed "Mister Yank II" before the Regensburg Raid, August 1943. A B-17 nicknamed "Homesick Angel" is visible in the background. Roger Freeman Collection

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Object Number - FRE 1487 - Paul Bensel Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left to Right: Robert B. Leventhal (N), Paul P. Bensel (P), Phillip H. Pick (B), Glenn E. Kofoed...

various sources list his middle name as "no middle name/initial", Anton, Anthony

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Missions

VIII Bomber Command 94 OPERATION STARKEY

Date: 9 September 1943

VIII Bomber Command 92

Date: 7 September 1943
Official Description:

A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].

VIII Bomber Command 91

Date: 6 September 1943

VIII Bomber Command 90

Date: 3 September 1943

VIII Bomber Command 88

Date: 31 August 1943

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Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Kosciusko, TX	28 March 1921
Enlisted	San Antonio, TX	10 July 1942	Fort Sam Houston
Other 388th BG Combat Tour	Knettishall Airfield, UK	24 July 1943 - 26 September 1943
Died		19 September 2004
Buried	Falls City, TX	22 September 2004	Holy Trinity Catholic Church Cemetery Falls City, Karnes County, Texas, USA

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Date29 Sep 2020 20:58:54

Contributor466thHistorian

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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=6910208
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37079206/bonnie-anton-skloss
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44040_11_0…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:04:44

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html