Fred G Bender
Military ROLL OF HONOURThe a/c is B24J-1-FO #42-95617 "Jennie" Code: T9-I
Standing Left to Right: Philip Ross (P), John Korba (CP), Armand Pohle (N), unidentified bombardier
Kneeling far right: Fred Bender (FE)
466th BG Historian
Fred Bender served as a flight engineer and top turret gunner with the 785th Bomb Squadron of the 466th Bomb Group. On 5 April 1945, he was Killed in Action (KIA) when his aircraft, B-24J A/C# 42-51531, was shot down over Holland. His body was never found and so it is his name that is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.
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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: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 182424846
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13199972
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12090093
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-066007
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35653311
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
26 October 1940 | Fort Hays | |
Born |
755 Carlton Street, Toledo, Ohio | ||
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
5 April 1945 | ||
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge, England | ||
Born |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13737
https://www.abmc.gov/node/538822#.WIXtIU1viM8
Hand written list provided to 2nd Lt Philip Ross and sent to his family before his plane failed to return. The entire crew wrote them down.
Hand written list provided to 2nd Lt Philip Ross and sent to his family before his plane failed to return. The entire crew wrote them down.
MACR 13737 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database