Lieutenant Colonel Donald Bennink DFC of Chautauqua County, New York, climbs into his P-47D at an unknown airfield (possibly RAF Woodchurch, Kent or A-13 Tour-en-Bessin, Normandy).
Bennink was a member of the 373rd Fighter Group Headquarters, and by the time this photograph was cleared for publication 4th September 1944, he was already KIA over Soissons, France.
Colour by Dan Steele
