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Military service
Service number:
J/19011
Age:
28
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Birth:
August 13, 1915
Carleton Place, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 28, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
January 27, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
14. E. 14.
Additional information
Son of James Henry and Annie Myrtle (nee Boyle) Bennett, of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of John Henry, Elizabeth, Mary Eileen, Annie Doris and William Albert.
The Town of Carleton Place remembered Pilot Officer Bennett by naming a street in his honour.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 30 October 1946.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
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Photo of JAMES GORDON BENNETT
The 2004 book 'Fathers, Brothers and Sons' by Carleton Place author Larry Gray book outlines the stories of the town's Second World War dead. -
Memorial
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of JAMES GORDON BENNETT
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Record of Service
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Gordon Bennett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 247 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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