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Military service
Service number:
R/68061
Age:
21
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
405 Sqdn.
Birth:
October 16, 1921
Bothwell, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 19, 1940
London, Ontario
Death:
July 14, 1943
Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
16. E. 5.
Additional information
Son of Herbert and Gertrude Jean (nee MiIler) Bebensee of Bothwell, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands.<P> Halifax aircraft HR-905 which was airborne 2315 13Jul43 from Gransden Lodge. Shot down by a night-fighter and disintegrated near Asten (Noord Brabant), 9 km SE of Helmond, Holland. Burials were held at the temporary military cemetery at Venlo. Their graves are now located in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. S/L D. L. Wolfe, DFC, joined the RAF prior to the outbreak of war. He had been a flight commander with 419 Sqdn and was on his second tour of operations. Sgt Bebensee RCAF had previously served on No.35 Sqdn, his DFM being Gazetted 11Jun43. That for F/S Emerson was Gazetted 28Jul44. Sgt D.G.Bebensee DFM RCAF KIA F/O R.G.Morrison DFC; Sgt E.M.Witt; F/O G.G.McGladrey DFC; F/S T.H.N.Emerson DFM. Two crew were taken PoW: F/O D.M.Clarke, RCAF, was interned in Camp L3. No.6474 with F/O D.J.Smith, RNZAF, PoW No.6291. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Douglas Glenn Bebensee
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Commemorated on:
Page 135 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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