Patrick Denis Benker
Military
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FRE 5135
The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31740. POW, Missing Air Crew Report MACR #3953.
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
2 April 1917 | ||
Other Assigned |
Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK | 19 September 1943 | Assigned to the 384th BG 546th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #99 dated 19 September 1943, Philip R. MacPhail Crew. 22 combat missions. |
Other POW |
Germany | 9 April 1944 | Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Died |
16 July 1995 | Burial: San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco San Francisco County California, USA Plot: Section H Site CA-222C |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3653 / MACR 3653, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database