Martin Benjamin H., Jr.

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Benjamin H., Jr. Martin is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

C-47 Dakota -61st Troop Carrier Group

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Benjamin H., Jr. Martin

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1948-01-27

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Knollwood Memorial Park, North Carolina

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On the 27th of January, 1948, at 1530, little Benjamin Martin took off from Rhein-Main, Germany, for Italy with his mother in a C-47 Dakota of the American Army. It crashed on the White Horse summit, in the Alps, killing everyone aboard.
January 30th, once the C-47�s wreck was confirmed, an American SB-17, two days out from Germany, took off with its six crew, three journalists and a passenger to overfly the area and crashed as well. The only survivor was rescued by a German POW.