43-6572

Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Personal aircraft of Lt Thomas K McDill, re-assigned to Capt Joseph H Bennett 24-May-44. Failed to Return (FTR) during an engagement with a gaggle of German fighters, aircraft was rammed by an Bf109 piloted by Ltn Hubert Heckman over Botenheim, Germany. Pilot Capt Joseph H Bennett was able to bail out of the stricken fighter. POW. 25-May-44. MACR 5720.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 56th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 360th Fighter Squadron 61st Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18036584 / O-431841
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief
A pilot, Domenic "Don" Gentile, of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group - Debden with his P-51 Mustang, nicknamed "Shangri-La"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885109
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15195599 / O-694259
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-190626 / O-2044897
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Zaberauen von Meimsheim und Botenheim, 74336 Brackenheim, Germany 25 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) during an engagement with a gaggle of German fighters, aircraft was rammed by an Bf109 piloted by Ltn Hubert Heckman over Botenheim, Germany. Pilot Capt Joseph H Bennett was able to bail out of the stricken fighter. POW. 25-May-44. MACR 5720.

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MACR 5720 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database