Ole B. Bennedsen World War II Collection

Title

Ole B. Bennedsen World War II Collection

Description

The Ole B. Bennedsen World War II Collection documents Bennedsen's service as a pilot of Boeing B-17 aircraft on operational missions over Germany near the end of World War II. This small collection includes a Pilot's Flight Log with entries from 1943-1945, a pay card, and a list of all of Bennedsen's 35 operational missions over Germany, which includes the dates and names of German cities. Also present are two black-and-white photographic prints depicting Bennedsen and his "Bonnie Lassie" plane and B-17s surrounded by flak fire, presumably taken during a mission over Germany. A CD of scanned photographs contains additional images of Bennedsen, his family, and his crew.

Digitized Materials: This collection has been digitized in its entirety. The CD is pending processing.

Date

1943-1945

Creator

Bennedsen, Ole Birk, 1916-2012

Language

All materials are in English.

Rights Holder

The Museum of Flight Archives

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Ole B. Bennedsen World War II Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.

Bibliographic Citation

The Ole B. Bennedsen World War II Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2011-07-01

Collection Organization

Collection Items

[Officer's Pay Data Card for Ole B. Bennedsen]
Officer's Pay Data Card for Ole B. Bennedsen, June 3, 1944.

[List of Bennedsen's 35 operational missions over Germany]
List of Ole B. Bennedsen's 35 operational missions with the 487th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, over Germany, circa 1944-1945.

[Flight logbook for Ole B. Bennedsen, 1943-1945]
Flight logbook for Ole B. Bennedsen, circa 1943-1945.

[Ole B. Bennedsen with "Bonnie Lassie" Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress]
Photograph of pilot Ole B. Bennedsen with "Bonnie Lassie," a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft of the 487th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, circa 1943-1945. The aircraft was named for Bennedsen's daughter.

[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft under antiaircraft fire]
Photograph of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft of 487th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, under antiaircraft fire, circa 1943-1945.
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