Kitchens Benjamin F.

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Benjamin F. Kitchens is honored on the following 3 monument(s) in our database:

US Airfield A-5 (404th Fighter Group) Monument

404th Fighter Group Plaque

Espy & Kitchens Memorial (404th Fighter Group, 508th Fighter Squadron)

Name:

Benjamin F. Kitchens

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-671664

Unit:

508th Fighter Squadron

Date of Death:

1944-06-24

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Comments:

First Lieutenant Benjamin Kitchens took off from 414 Winkton, Dorset, UK, in his P-47 Thunderbolt 42-25872 on a ground support mission to Avranches. Collided with Lt. Espy's plane at 1345.