Benajah Gray Burkitt
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 30676 - 2nd Lt Benajah C. Burkitt (from an official USAAF crew photo)
Killed in Action (KIA) in plane #42-31441. Mid-air collision after T/O.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20273063
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14126466
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38211532
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11008973 at enlistment, then O-809569
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37230311
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Davidson County, Tennessee, United States | 15 June 1919 | the son of William Gray Burkitt and Jennie Susan (Battle) Burkitt |
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Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia, United States | 9 January 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Died |
Catworth, Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom | 5 January 1944 | in the collision of the B-17 he piloted (42-31441) with a 379th BG Fortress (42-37887) during assembly |
| Antioch, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States | |||
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Buried |
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
Revisions
US Censuses 1930 and 1940 (where the family name is erroneously spelled Burkett...)
WWII Casualties for Hillsborough County, Florida
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
Corrected Service Number : O-802529 instead of 802629...
US Censuses 1930 and 1940 (where the family name is erroneously spelled Burkett...)
WWII Casualties for Hillsborough County, Florida
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
Corrected Service Number : O-802529 instead of 802629...
8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
