Date of birth:

March 7th, 1904 (Rubkow)

Date of death:

December 2nd, 1942 (Derna, Tobruk)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Tobruk
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German

Oberstleutnant Franz Michael Georg von Benda
05.06.1925: joined the Heer, Kavallerie
01.03.1934: transferred to the Luftwaffe and sent to DVS Braunschweig for training
01.10.1934: 1.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 222, Prenzlau
00.00.1935: certified fluent in French and English
02.12.1935-27.03.1936: attended 2. Lehrgang, Luftkriegsschule
01.10.1936: Staka, 1.(F)/ Aufkl.Gr. 122
01.02.1937: received the Lw. advanced flying certificate
01.03.1937: Staka, Aufklärungs-Staffel (K), Lehrgeschwader Greifswald
00.08.1937: Oberleutnant, Staka, Stabsstaffel, Lehrgeschwader Greifswald
21.07.1938-31.10.1938: temporary duty to RLM
01.11.1938: Staka, Stabsstaffel, Lehrgeschwader 1
04.09.1939: Hauptmann, transferred from Generalstab, 3. Abteilung, RLM to Aufklärungsgruppe Ob.d.L.
01.08.1940-00.04.1942: Major, Kdr., III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 76
00.06.1942-02.11.1942: Major, Kommodore, Lehrgeschwader 1
01.10.1942: promoted to Oberstleutnant
02.12.1942: Oberstleutnant, Beobachter, Kdr., Stab, LG 1, reported MIA when Ju 88 A-4 Werknummer 8610 coded 'L1+BA' shot down by antiaircraft fire while dropping aerial mines in the waters around Tobruk or shot down by 73th Squadron over northern Cyrenaica while on a special mission to Tobruk - remaining crew:
-Hauptmann RKT Erwin Sy (o21.08.1915 Angermünde), Flugzeugführer, KIA
01.08.1944: still officially listed as MIA

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• Photo: ImagesDéfense - Pour ponctuer la cérémonie, le colonel (Obersleutnant) Franz von Benda commandant de l'escadrille et le lieutenant Iro Ilk passent en revue les aviateurs du groupe.
  
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Franz von Benda | Gräbersuche-Online
  - https://ww2.dk/Lw Offz - A-F Apr 2023.pdf
  

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