Norman Robert Benoit

Military
media-49516.jpeg UPL 49516 1Lt Norman Robert Benoit

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Object Number - UPL 49516 - 1Lt Norman Robert Benoit

Assigned to 435FS, 479FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 2.5 kills. Completed 2 x Tour of Duty (ETD).





Awards: AM (7OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: The Victory Queen
  • Unit: 479th Fighter Group 435th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Worcester County, MA, USA 10 January 1922 Son of Leo H and Ethel May [Ormrod] Benoit.

Enlisted

Massachusetts, USA 30 December 1940 Massachusetts

Other

Crashed

LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT), Ontario, CA 91761, USA 15 April 1944 Mid Air Collision Ontario AAF, Ontario, CA Cat 2 damage 2Lt Norman R Benoit, 15-Apr-44. P-38J 43-28936 - 443ABU 4AF

Other

E/A Destroyed shared

Chemnitz, Germany 7 October 1944 Me109 shared destroyed Cheznitz 7-Oct-44.

Enlisted

Germany 25 December 1944 Fw190 destroyed Germany 25-Dec-44.

Other

Promotion

19 January 1945 Promoted to Captain.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Brandenburg, Germany 9 February 1945 Fw190 destroyed Brandenburg, 9-Feb-45.

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD) (2)

14 February 1945 Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). (2)

Died

New Braintree, MA, USA 28 March 1995

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD) (1)

Completed Tour of Duty (ETD). (1)

Other

Promotion

Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Furnace, Hardwick, MA 01031, USA

Revisions

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Family member

Date
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Unit roster in THE 479th FIGHTER GROUP Ref D790.G479

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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