Serviceman

Herbert M Bentley

816threturned to duty

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Army serial number: O-769065
Rank: 2LT (15 December 1944)
Hometown: LANSING MI; Lansing, MI
Also written: Herbert Bentley
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 48
Sources: 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, macr-crew · service record at 483bg.org

Flags. another record shares the name Bentley, Herbert M (units 816th, 815th, serials O-769065, O-769065); may be the same man

Crews

Harold L. Culpepper Crew · 816th

Missions placed on him

mission 122, 13 November 1944 · Blechhammer South · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

Date	Award	General order	Rank then
15 December 1944	Air Medal	4999	2LT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Aboard a lost aircraft

MACR 9882 · 44-8384 · 13 November 1944 · mission 122, 13 November 1944 · RTD

Statements, mentions and histories

German capture report, page 3 · 7 December 1944

Gasualty ME 2515
lieport on capture of an aireraft
of the USAAF.
MACRIO
Date and time
10218
aircraft was shot nown:
7 December 1944 at 0600
Place of crash:
Fernhattal, Untertauern
Type of aircrafts
Fortress
Reporting Stations
Wels
CREP
#
Name and first name,
Bank
Sorial
captured
Disposition:
Date and place of birth:
Number
wounded
Name of gamp
dead
BENTLEY
Herbert Murrsy
2nd LS.
G-769065
captured
Dulag-luft West
25 Febr. .1918 Saginaw
SHARBUIT
Grover Truett
2nd Lt.
0-2058887
eaptured
as above
11 Aug. 1918 habbard, City,Tex.
AVALLONE
Vincent John
7./0. T-128819 capturad
as above
COOPER
Ernest Idwin
2nd Lt.
0-827615
captured
as above
FREESE
Roy Lewie
8./ägt.
37530717
captured
R$ above
19 0ct/1914 Marshall Town, Iowa.
Olarence Olifford 2nd Lt.
0--780-447
captured
as above
TORKER
Calbert Muinton 8gt.
37629122
captured
as above
STEEL
James
Sgb.
33596669
eaptured
as above
STONE
Ac. Royden
Sgt.
37357818
captured
as above
12 Febr.1925
New Kirk, Okla.
MEMURRAIN
Hugh Lee
8,/8gt.
34787517
captured
as above
Dulag-Luft on 11 January 1945.

National Archives, MACR 10218, page 3 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

4 more statements from MACR 9882 are on the loss record.
9 more statements from MACR 10218 are on the loss record.

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