Name
Tom Benton
Born
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e-mail
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Date
Service
Unit
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USN
Crps Christi
1942-Jan-07
USN
VP-23 (#2)
1944-Jan-01
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Date
Rate
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Pilot
Citation
Date
Post
Action
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Co-pilot
Flight: patrol. Port engine disintegrated. Landed safely at Rennell Island. Gave tour of plane to 150+ local inhabitants. Plane taken aboard transport ship for return to Espiritu Santo. Took nice nap during General Quarters while destroyer escort attacked enemy submarine.
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Pilot
Flight: Ferry - Espiritu Santo to Hawaii. Forced down by hurricane at Suva, Fiji. Rode out storm under power, tied to buoy.
1942-Jun-06
Pilot
Flight: Test - 0.4 hours.
"Test"
1942-Aug-10
Pilot
Flight: search for survivors after disastrous Battle of Savo Island.
1942-Sep-01
Pilot
Flight: transport ill personnel to Kaneohe, Territory of Hawaii.
1943-Oct-17
Pilot
Flight: rescue. Picked up downed PV pilot on Japanese-held Choiseul (Island). Delivered a ton of rice to the natives who had hidden the pilot.
Publication
Page
Log Book: Ogden, James R.
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