Clark Harold Benington
Military
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Russ Jones, Clark Benington, Richard "Dick" Leitch, and Mack Dodson, members of the crew of Star Eyes, in Dyersburg, TN, June 1944
photograph of Russ Jones, Clark Benington, Richard "Dick" Leitch, and Mack Dodson, members of the crew of Star Eyes, in Dyersburg, TN, June 1944 (part of collection of Clark and Lucia (Arras) Benington, now in the possession of their granddaughter, Katharine Crichton) -- photo labeled with names in Lucia's handwriting
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Star Eyes, My Ideal
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1944
- Date: 31 July 1944
- Date: 29 July 1944
- Date: 28 July 1944
- Date: 19 July 1944
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Revisions
Contributorkcrichton23
Changes
Sources
original list of missions held by Clark's wife, Lucia (Arras) Benington
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia