George D Bennett

Military

Killed on Mission (KOM) in B-26B #41-31697 "Duck Butt" [TQ:R] 387BG/559BS while serving as Radio Operator/Gunner. The crashed into a tree on instrument takeoff on mission to Boulogne, France. The Bomb load exploded. Only the Tail Gunner survived with serious injuries. The 322nd was moved to the 9th AF Oct. 1943.

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Nicknames: Duck Butt
  • Unit: 387th Bomb Group 559th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Killed on Mission (KOM)

9 September 1943 Killed when the aircraft struck a tree on instrument takefoo fro a mission to Bologne, France.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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Added a connection to A/C #41-31697 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 5-Jun-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within exsiting website data, Added KOM event and edited Sunmmary Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces', Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 279