Benjamin "Ellsworth" served as a First Lieutenant & Radar Operator on B-17G #42-97728, 352nd Bomber Squadron, 301st Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in New Windsor, Carroll County, Maryland prior to the war.
"Ellsworth" was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, while on a one plane secret mission, developed engine trouble in two different engines and crashed near Salzburg, Austria during the war.
He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart!
Service # O-703940
Benjamin "Ellsworth" also has a "Cenotaph" in the Linganore Cemetery, Unionville, Maryland.
" Click Here " for that record.
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Airmen who perished on B-17 #42-97728:
Bullock, Philip M ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
Cantwell, Benjamin E ~ 1st Lt, Radar Operator, MD
Flood, William W ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ
Haglund, Robert G ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Imlay, Mark E ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, UT
Mitchko, Albert H ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, NJ
O'Brien, William J ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, FL
Spagnolo, Thomas J ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, NY
Airmen who became POW's from B-17 #42-97728:
Hillhouse, Harry P ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator
Patterson, Roy ~ Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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The News, January 5, 1944
LIEUT. BENJAMIN E. CANTWELL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, of New Windsor, was recently graduated as an aerial navigator at Selman Field, Monroe, La., at which time he was presented his wings and commissioned a second lieutenant.
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The News, November 30, 1944
A War Department letter received today by Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, New Windsor, confirmed an official telegram delivered two days earlier, in which their son, First Lieut. Benjamin Ellsworth Cantwell, Army Air corps, was reported missing over Austria since November 15.
Lieut. Cantwell, an aerial navigator and radar technician, had been overseas since May of this year, having sailed to a naval base. He had received the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over France on DDay and also had been awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
A graduate of Liberty High School in 1938 and Western Maryland College in 1942, Lieut. Cantwell was employed for about six months as a research chemist at the American Smelting and Refining Company, Baltimore., before entering the Air Corps. He received his training at various points in the United States, was graduated and commissioned at Selman Field, Monroe, La., Dec. 24, 1943, and later took a special course in radio at Langley Field, Va., before going overseas. He had been advanced to first lieutenant about two months ago, it was stated today by his father, who operates a general merchandise store at Oak Orchard.
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The News, December 29, 1945
LIEUT. BENJAMIN E. CANTWELL
Lieut. Cantwell Is Officially Declared Dead By War Dept.
A letter from the office of the Adjutant General, War Department, has informed, Mr. And Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, New Windsor, that their son, First Lieut. Cantwell, has been officially declared dead, after being missing in action since November 15, 1944.
"An official report has now been received that he was killed in action on 15 November 1944 in the Mediterranean area." The letter stated, The Air Corps officer, an aerial navigator and radio technician, had been presumed dead, according to Congressional procedure, when nothing was heard from him within a year and a day from the time he was lost.
Through correspondence with two members of Lieut Cantwell's crew, Mr. And Mrs. Cantwell have learned that their Flying Fortress was forced down by icing conditions and heavy gales over Austria. The target for the day was Linz but they never reached it. Nothing has ever been heard from eight of the 10 member crew. The other two, who were captured and held as prisioners of the Germans, have returned to this country.
A graduate of Liberty High School in 1938 and Western Maryland College in 1942, Lieut. Cantwell was a member of the Linganore United Methodist Church, Unionville, and had been employed in Baltimore as a chemist with the American Smelting and Refining Company for six months after his graduation from college.
He went overseas in May 1944, and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over France on D-Day and had also been awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
The family received the verification of his death about two weeks ago but said nothing about it til after Christmas. Their son would have been 25 last September.
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He resided in New Windsor, Carroll County, Maryland prior to the war.
"Ellsworth" was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, while on a one plane secret mission, developed engine trouble in two different engines and crashed near Salzburg, Austria during the war.
He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart!
Service # O-703940
Benjamin "Ellsworth" also has a "Cenotaph" in the Linganore Cemetery, Unionville, Maryland.
" Click Here " for that record.
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Airmen who perished on B-17 #42-97728:
Bullock, Philip M ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
Cantwell, Benjamin E ~ 1st Lt, Radar Operator, MD
Flood, William W ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ
Haglund, Robert G ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Imlay, Mark E ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, UT
Mitchko, Albert H ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, NJ
O'Brien, William J ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, FL
Spagnolo, Thomas J ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, NY
Airmen who became POW's from B-17 #42-97728:
Hillhouse, Harry P ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator
Patterson, Roy ~ Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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( News Articles provided by: Cari )
The News, January 5, 1944
LIEUT. BENJAMIN E. CANTWELL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, of New Windsor, was recently graduated as an aerial navigator at Selman Field, Monroe, La., at which time he was presented his wings and commissioned a second lieutenant.
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The News, November 30, 1944
A War Department letter received today by Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, New Windsor, confirmed an official telegram delivered two days earlier, in which their son, First Lieut. Benjamin Ellsworth Cantwell, Army Air corps, was reported missing over Austria since November 15.
Lieut. Cantwell, an aerial navigator and radar technician, had been overseas since May of this year, having sailed to a naval base. He had received the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over France on DDay and also had been awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
A graduate of Liberty High School in 1938 and Western Maryland College in 1942, Lieut. Cantwell was employed for about six months as a research chemist at the American Smelting and Refining Company, Baltimore., before entering the Air Corps. He received his training at various points in the United States, was graduated and commissioned at Selman Field, Monroe, La., Dec. 24, 1943, and later took a special course in radio at Langley Field, Va., before going overseas. He had been advanced to first lieutenant about two months ago, it was stated today by his father, who operates a general merchandise store at Oak Orchard.
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The News, December 29, 1945
LIEUT. BENJAMIN E. CANTWELL
Lieut. Cantwell Is Officially Declared Dead By War Dept.
A letter from the office of the Adjutant General, War Department, has informed, Mr. And Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, New Windsor, that their son, First Lieut. Cantwell, has been officially declared dead, after being missing in action since November 15, 1944.
"An official report has now been received that he was killed in action on 15 November 1944 in the Mediterranean area." The letter stated, The Air Corps officer, an aerial navigator and radio technician, had been presumed dead, according to Congressional procedure, when nothing was heard from him within a year and a day from the time he was lost.
Through correspondence with two members of Lieut Cantwell's crew, Mr. And Mrs. Cantwell have learned that their Flying Fortress was forced down by icing conditions and heavy gales over Austria. The target for the day was Linz but they never reached it. Nothing has ever been heard from eight of the 10 member crew. The other two, who were captured and held as prisioners of the Germans, have returned to this country.
A graduate of Liberty High School in 1938 and Western Maryland College in 1942, Lieut. Cantwell was a member of the Linganore United Methodist Church, Unionville, and had been employed in Baltimore as a chemist with the American Smelting and Refining Company for six months after his graduation from college.
He went overseas in May 1944, and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over France on D-Day and had also been awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
The family received the verification of his death about two weeks ago but said nothing about it til after Christmas. Their son would have been 25 last September.
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Benjamin "Ellsworth" served as a First Lieutenant & Radar Operator on B-17G #42-97728, 352nd Bomber Squadron, 301st Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in New Windsor, Carroll County, Maryland prior to the war.
"Ellsworth" was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, while on a one plane secret mission, developed engine trouble in two different engines and crashed near Salzburg, Austria during the war.
He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart!
Service # O-703940
Benjamin "Ellsworth" also has a "Cenotaph" in the Linganore Cemetery, Unionville, Maryland.
" Click Here " for that record.
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Airmen who perished on B-17 #42-97728:
Bullock, Philip M ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
Cantwell, Benjamin E ~ 1st Lt, Radar Operator, MD
Flood, William W ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ
Haglund, Robert G ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Imlay, Mark E ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, UT
Mitchko, Albert H ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, NJ
O'Brien, William J ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, FL
Spagnolo, Thomas J ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, NY
Airmen who became POW's from B-17 #42-97728:
Hillhouse, Harry P ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator
Patterson, Roy ~ Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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( News Articles provided by: Cari )
The News, January 5, 1944
LIEUT. BENJAMIN E. CANTWELL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, of New Windsor, was recently graduated as an aerial navigator at Selman Field, Monroe, La., at which time he was presented his wings and commissioned a second lieutenant.
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The News, November 30, 1944
A War Department letter received today by Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, New Windsor, confirmed an official telegram delivered two days earlier, in which their son, First Lieut. Benjamin Ellsworth Cantwell, Army Air corps, was reported missing over Austria since November 15.
Lieut. Cantwell, an aerial navigator and radar technician, had been overseas since May of this year, having sailed to a naval base. He had received the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over France on DDay and also had been awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
A graduate of Liberty High School in 1938 and Western Maryland College in 1942, Lieut. Cantwell was employed for about six months as a research chemist at the American Smelting and Refining Company, Baltimore., before entering the Air Corps. He received his training at various points in the United States, was graduated and commissioned at Selman Field, Monroe, La., Dec. 24, 1943, and later took a special course in radio at Langley Field, Va., before going overseas. He had been advanced to first lieutenant about two months ago, it was stated today by his father, who operates a general merchandise store at Oak Orchard.
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The News, December 29, 1945
LIEUT. BENJAMIN E. CANTWELL
Lieut. Cantwell Is Officially Declared Dead By War Dept.
A letter from the office of the Adjutant General, War Department, has informed, Mr. And Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, New Windsor, that their son, First Lieut. Cantwell, has been officially declared dead, after being missing in action since November 15, 1944.
"An official report has now been received that he was killed in action on 15 November 1944 in the Mediterranean area." The letter stated, The Air Corps officer, an aerial navigator and radio technician, had been presumed dead, according to Congressional procedure, when nothing was heard from him within a year and a day from the time he was lost.
Through correspondence with two members of Lieut Cantwell's crew, Mr. And Mrs. Cantwell have learned that their Flying Fortress was forced down by icing conditions and heavy gales over Austria. The target for the day was Linz but they never reached it. Nothing has ever been heard from eight of the 10 member crew. The other two, who were captured and held as prisioners of the Germans, have returned to this country.
A graduate of Liberty High School in 1938 and Western Maryland College in 1942, Lieut. Cantwell was a member of the Linganore United Methodist Church, Unionville, and had been employed in Baltimore as a chemist with the American Smelting and Refining Company for six months after his graduation from college.
He went overseas in May 1944, and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over France on D-Day and had also been awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
The family received the verification of his death about two weeks ago but said nothing about it til after Christmas. Their son would have been 25 last September.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in New Windsor, Carroll County, Maryland prior to the war.
"Ellsworth" was "Killed In Action" when his B-17, while on a one plane secret mission, developed engine trouble in two different engines and crashed near Salzburg, Austria during the war.
He was awarded the "Distinguished Flying Cross", Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart!
Service # O-703940
Benjamin "Ellsworth" also has a "Cenotaph" in the Linganore Cemetery, Unionville, Maryland.
" Click Here " for that record.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airmen who perished on B-17 #42-97728:
Bullock, Philip M ~ 1st Lt, Co-Pilot, NY
Cantwell, Benjamin E ~ 1st Lt, Radar Operator, MD
Flood, William W ~ 2nd Lt, Bombardier, NJ
Haglund, Robert G ~ S/Sgt, Radio Operator, MN
Imlay, Mark E ~ S/Sgt, Waist Gunner, UT
Mitchko, Albert H ~ 2nd Lt, Pilot, NJ
O'Brien, William J ~ Sgt, Waist Gunner, FL
Spagnolo, Thomas J ~ Sgt, Tail Gunner, NY
Airmen who became POW's from B-17 #42-97728:
Hillhouse, Harry P ~ 2nd Lt, Navigator
Patterson, Roy ~ Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
( News Articles provided by: Cari )
The News, January 5, 1944
LIEUT. BENJAMIN E. CANTWELL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, of New Windsor, was recently graduated as an aerial navigator at Selman Field, Monroe, La., at which time he was presented his wings and commissioned a second lieutenant.
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The News, November 30, 1944
A War Department letter received today by Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, New Windsor, confirmed an official telegram delivered two days earlier, in which their son, First Lieut. Benjamin Ellsworth Cantwell, Army Air corps, was reported missing over Austria since November 15.
Lieut. Cantwell, an aerial navigator and radar technician, had been overseas since May of this year, having sailed to a naval base. He had received the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over France on DDay and also had been awarded the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
A graduate of Liberty High School in 1938 and Western Maryland College in 1942, Lieut. Cantwell was employed for about six months as a research chemist at the American Smelting and Refining Company, Baltimore., before entering the Air Corps. He received his training at various points in the United States, was graduated and commissioned at Selman Field, Monroe, La., Dec. 24, 1943, and later took a special course in radio at Langley Field, Va., before going overseas. He had been advanced to first lieutenant about two months ago, it was stated today by his father, who operates a general merchandise store at Oak Orchard.
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The News, December 29, 1945
LIEUT. BENJAMIN E. CANTWELL
Lieut. Cantwell Is Officially Declared Dead By War Dept.
A letter from the office of the Adjutant General, War Department, has informed, Mr. And Mrs. Howard W. Cantwell, New Windsor, that their son, First Lieut. Cantwell, has been officially declared dead, after being missing in action since November 15, 1944.
"An official report has now been received that he was killed in action on 15 November 1944 in the Mediterranean area." The letter stated, The Air Corps officer, an aerial navigator and radio technician, had been presumed dead, according to Congressional procedure, when nothing was heard from him within a year and a day from the time he was lost.
Through correspondence with two members of Lieut Cantwell's crew, Mr. And Mrs. Cantwell have learned that their Flying Fortress was forced down by icing conditions and heavy gales over Austria. The target for the day was Linz but they never reached it. Nothing has ever been heard from eight of the 10 member crew. The other two, who were captured and held as prisioners of the Germans, have returned to this country.
A graduate of Liberty High School in 1938 and Western Maryland College in 1942, Lieut. Cantwell was a member of the Linganore United Methodist Church, Unionville, and had been employed in Baltimore as a chemist with the American Smelting and Refining Company for six months after his graduation from college.
He went overseas in May 1944, and was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over France on D-Day and had also been awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
The family received the verification of his death about two weeks ago but said nothing about it til after Christmas. Their son would have been 25 last September.
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