World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert I. Benedict
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Campbell County, Kentucky
Honored By
Bellevue Veterans Club
326TH BOMBER SQUADRON, 92ND BOMBER GROUP HEAVY 8TH US ARMY AIR CORPS, DIED 09-06-1942, AIRCRAFT B-17E 19026. LAST SEEN APPROACHING ENGLISH COAST ON RETURN, APPARENTLY LEFT FORMATION. FIVE ENEMY AIRCRAFT IN PURSUIT. THIS LOSS, ALONG WITH ONE FROM THE 97TH BOMB GROUP, WERE THE FIRST 8TH AIR CORPS BOMBER LOSSES OF WAR. ROBERT WAS REPORTEDLY THE YOUNGEST B-17 PILOT IN THE COUNTRY.