World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
David N. Bennett, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Norwood, North Carolina
Honored By
John Meurs
Relationship
Dutch Historian
SERVICE NUMBER: 0-686214. PILOT WITH THE 491ST BOMB GROUP, 853RD BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH ARMY AIR FORCES BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS BOMBER, THE B-24 SERIAL NUMBER 44-40073 'ARCH ANGEL' ON A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT IN MISBURG, GERMANY WAS ATTACKED ON THE BOMB RUN BY GERMAN FIGHTERS. THE BOMBER EXPLODED AND CRASHED NEAR OERIE, GERMANY. THE WHOLE CREW LOST THEIR LIVES. THEY WERE INITIALLY BURIED IN THE CEMETERY OF OERIE.