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Name:
Benjamin Hill, Jr. Higgins
Rank:
Flight Officer
Serial Number:
T-002238
Unit:
429th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group
Date of Death:
1944-08-18
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, France
Plot:
B
Row:
21
Grave:
23
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Flight Officer Benjamin Hill Higgins, Jr. was flying the P-38 Lightning 43-28409 when he took off from site A-11 in Saint Lambert on a reconnaissance mission over Lisieux. Spotting a target of opportunity, he dove to strafe a German truck, but clipped a tree and tore his horizontal stabilizer, causing him to crash into the ground at 08H30.
He has a cenotaph located in Siloam Baptist Church Cemetery, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia.