Robert Amos Benward
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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1st row Sullivan, Scruggs, Houston, Lundberg
2nd Murray, Herrin, Benward, Spatz
Just after 1st mission over Germany
2nd Murray, Herrin, Benward, Spatz
Just after 1st mission over Germany
Information from John Houston's family
Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. 26 x combat missions. Mechanical failure caused force landing in wheat field in B-17 44-6418 'Smashing Thru'. A/C nosed over into unseen railway cutting and fire caused bomb load to explode. Killed in Action (KIA). 13-Jul-44 No MACR
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner, Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32073896 / O-757387
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35589038
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676081
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 19 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Wichita, KS | 7 December 1922 | Son of William and Merle Benward. |
Died |
Vicinity of Great Yeldham | 13 July 1944 | |
Buried |
14 July 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery | |
Kansas, USA | |||
Based |
Ridgewell | 13 July 1944 | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, NE | Re-Interred Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Lincoln County, NE Section F, Site 1204 |
Revisions
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Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia