Wittpilot
March 9th, 2011, 14:34
It is with deep sympathy that I post we have lost a great veteran, and friend. Although I only had the pleasure of meeting him a few times, Dewayne "Ben" Bennett was pretty much unlike any other person I'd ever met.
He was a pilot in the, 8<SUP>th</SUP> Air Force, 384<SUP>th</SUP> Bomb Group, 545<SUP>th</SUP> Squadron, flying a total of 31 missions, all in B-17's. He was a farm boy, simply put. A farm boy scooped up from the seat of a tractor, and slapped into the left seat of a Flying Fortress.
Over the last several decades he was a staple in the 390th BG Museum in Tucson AZ. Everyone, and I do mean EVERYone knew Ben.
He had a painting done of one of his missions by aviation author Heinz Krebs. (shown below) His story is told in his own words in his short book of stories. It is available through our gift shop,
http://www.libertyfoundation.org/shop-book4.html
Read about him here: http://squawkin-chicken.384thbombgroup.com/
Ben will be missed...... '
I am a better person for having known him; the world is a lesser place because he is gone.......
And When He Gets To Heaven,
To Saint Peter He Will Tell,
One More Soldier Reporting For Duty Sir,
I've Served My Time In Hell.
He was a pilot in the, 8<SUP>th</SUP> Air Force, 384<SUP>th</SUP> Bomb Group, 545<SUP>th</SUP> Squadron, flying a total of 31 missions, all in B-17's. He was a farm boy, simply put. A farm boy scooped up from the seat of a tractor, and slapped into the left seat of a Flying Fortress.
Over the last several decades he was a staple in the 390th BG Museum in Tucson AZ. Everyone, and I do mean EVERYone knew Ben.
He had a painting done of one of his missions by aviation author Heinz Krebs. (shown below) His story is told in his own words in his short book of stories. It is available through our gift shop,
http://www.libertyfoundation.org/shop-book4.html
Read about him here: http://squawkin-chicken.384thbombgroup.com/
Ben will be missed...... '
I am a better person for having known him; the world is a lesser place because he is gone.......
And When He Gets To Heaven,
To Saint Peter He Will Tell,
One More Soldier Reporting For Duty Sir,
I've Served My Time In Hell.