World War II Honoree

Robert Edwin Benner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Scribner, Nebraska

Honored By

Gail Elsasser

Relationship

Niece

B-26 MARAUDER PILOT IN MAJOR GENERAL JOHN K. CANNON'S 12TH AAF. GRADUATED FROM ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL AT ALTUS, OKLAHOMA. LEFT FOR OVERSEAS IN DECEMBER 1943. HE HAD ACCOUNTED FOR 54 ATTACKS AGAINST THE ENEMY. ATTACKED THE ROME-CIAMPINO AIRDROME, ROAD BRIDGE AT CAPRANO. PARTICIPATED IN A RAID OVER PERUGIA IN JUNE 1944. AWARDED AIR MEDAL AND EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN RIBBON.