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Military service
Service number:
J/17158
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
432 Sqdn.
Death:
July 30, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 172.
Additional information
Son of John and Rachel Bennett; husband of Mildred E. Bennett, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Bennett
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Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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The W/Cdr W. Kerby crew of 432 Squadron<P> This crew consisted of: W/Cdr W. Kerby RCAF, Sgt J. Smith RCAFPOW, P/O V. Jewell RCAF, F/O J. Bennett RCAF, and P/O P. Murphy RCAF. Four were killed and one POW when Wellington X LN-294 coded QO-E was shot down by a Nightfighter while on an attack at Hamburg on the night of July 29/30, 1943. -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer John Bennett is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Bennett is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Bennett
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Bennett
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Bennett
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Bennett
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Bennett
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Bennett
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Bennett
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Bennett
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Bennett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 136 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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