First Lieutenant, 853rd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II.
Pilot of B-24J Liberator #44-40073, nicknamed "Ark Angel."
Killed in Action over Germany, on mission over Misburg, and crashed 15 kilometers northwest of Hildesheim, Germany, near the community of Oerie.
All nine crew members were killed. MACR 10764.
Lt. Bennett attended college for 2 years and was a sales clerk. He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army as a private in Charlotte, North Carolina on 8 October 1940.
After an attack by enemy fighters, the airplane was last seen with the top turret missing and a large hole in the right wing. The entire crew of nine was killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Oerie.
KIA were:
1st Lt. David N Bennett Jr Norwood Cenotaph here, Pilot
2nd Lt. Jesse F Blount, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. George H Engel, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles E Hixson, Gunner
S/Sgt. Raymond O McKee, Gunner
T/Sgt. Pete Patrick Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Irving B. Starr, 32995257, Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry P Stovall, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Norman G Warford, Flight Engineer
** For unknown reason, Oerie is not listed in Find A Grave place-name index, so Hüpede is chosen, as it is the next closest village.
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Entered the service from North Carolina; Stanly County; ASN O-686214.
Enlisted at Charlotte, NC, October 8, 1940.
Pilot of B-24J Liberator #44-40073, nicknamed "Ark Angel."
Killed in Action over Germany, on mission over Misburg, and crashed 15 kilometers northwest of Hildesheim, Germany, near the community of Oerie.
All nine crew members were killed. MACR 10764.
Lt. Bennett attended college for 2 years and was a sales clerk. He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army as a private in Charlotte, North Carolina on 8 October 1940.
After an attack by enemy fighters, the airplane was last seen with the top turret missing and a large hole in the right wing. The entire crew of nine was killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Oerie.
KIA were:
1st Lt. David N Bennett Jr Norwood Cenotaph here, Pilot
2nd Lt. Jesse F Blount, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. George H Engel, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles E Hixson, Gunner
S/Sgt. Raymond O McKee, Gunner
T/Sgt. Pete Patrick Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Irving B. Starr, 32995257, Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry P Stovall, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Norman G Warford, Flight Engineer
** For unknown reason, Oerie is not listed in Find A Grave place-name index, so Hüpede is chosen, as it is the next closest village.
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Entered the service from North Carolina; Stanly County; ASN O-686214.
Enlisted at Charlotte, NC, October 8, 1940.
First Lieutenant, 853rd Bomb Squadron, 491st Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II.
Pilot of B-24J Liberator #44-40073, nicknamed "Ark Angel."
Killed in Action over Germany, on mission over Misburg, and crashed 15 kilometers northwest of Hildesheim, Germany, near the community of Oerie.
All nine crew members were killed. MACR 10764.
Lt. Bennett attended college for 2 years and was a sales clerk. He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army as a private in Charlotte, North Carolina on 8 October 1940.
After an attack by enemy fighters, the airplane was last seen with the top turret missing and a large hole in the right wing. The entire crew of nine was killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Oerie.
KIA were:
1st Lt. David N Bennett Jr Norwood Cenotaph here, Pilot
2nd Lt. Jesse F Blount, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. George H Engel, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles E Hixson, Gunner
S/Sgt. Raymond O McKee, Gunner
T/Sgt. Pete Patrick Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Irving B. Starr, 32995257, Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry P Stovall, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Norman G Warford, Flight Engineer
** For unknown reason, Oerie is not listed in Find A Grave place-name index, so Hüpede is chosen, as it is the next closest village.
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Entered the service from North Carolina; Stanly County; ASN O-686214.
Enlisted at Charlotte, NC, October 8, 1940.
Pilot of B-24J Liberator #44-40073, nicknamed "Ark Angel."
Killed in Action over Germany, on mission over Misburg, and crashed 15 kilometers northwest of Hildesheim, Germany, near the community of Oerie.
All nine crew members were killed. MACR 10764.
Lt. Bennett attended college for 2 years and was a sales clerk. He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army as a private in Charlotte, North Carolina on 8 October 1940.
After an attack by enemy fighters, the airplane was last seen with the top turret missing and a large hole in the right wing. The entire crew of nine was killed. They were initially buried at the cemetery of Oerie.
KIA were:
1st Lt. David N Bennett Jr Norwood Cenotaph here, Pilot
2nd Lt. Jesse F Blount, Co-Pilot
2nd Lt. George H Engel, Navigator
S/Sgt. Charles E Hixson, Gunner
S/Sgt. Raymond O McKee, Gunner
T/Sgt. Pete Patrick Jr, Radio Operator
S/Sgt. Irving B. Starr, 32995257, Nose Gunner
S/Sgt. Henry P Stovall, Tail Gunner
T/Sgt. Norman G Warford, Flight Engineer
** For unknown reason, Oerie is not listed in Find A Grave place-name index, so Hüpede is chosen, as it is the next closest village.
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Entered the service from North Carolina; Stanly County; ASN O-686214.
Enlisted at Charlotte, NC, October 8, 1940.
Inscription
1 LT 853 BOMB SQ 491 BOMB GP (H)
NORTH CAROLINA NOV 26 1944
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