Benjamin Arthur Gallegos
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by a direct flak hit and crashed into the town of Boulogne, FR on a mission to V-sites in the Pas-de-Calais, FR area on 28 Feb 1944 in B-17 42-38121. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Walsenburg, Colorado | 9 August 1921 | Born Walsenburg, Colorado |
Died |
28 February 1944 | ||
Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France | 1 January 1946 | Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
France | 28 February 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2882 / MACR 2882, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database