Personal File · AirmanKilled in ActionPassed 19 Jan 1943
Benjamin F. Riggs.
Bombardier · 328th Squadron · Of OK.
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
Capt. Benjamin F. Riggs was listed in crew position 3 (P) aboard B-24D "Double Trouble" on 19 January 1943.
Riggs is listed as KIA on the revised MACR. The aircraft crashed into the sea approximately 150 miles southeast of Malta after being hit by flak and fighters.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
Captain
Position
Bombardier
Serial Number
O-437651
Hometown
OK
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 19 Jan 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
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19 Jan 1943
Sousse, Tunisia
“Double Trouble”
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Interment.
§ At Rest
Cemetery
North Africa American Cemetery
Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record