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Military service
Service number:
J/88336
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
408 Sqdn.
Death:
February 20, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 2.
Additional information
Son of Arthur and Lillian Bennett, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
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Cemetery
Air Crew Plot Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands The crew of Lancaster DS 788 was on its operational debut. They were airborne 0003 20Feb44 from Linton-on-Ouse on a mission to Leipzig, Germany. Shot down by a night-fighter from 20,000 feet and the resulting fire destroyed the rudders causing the Lancaster to crash at Kropswolde (Groningen) in the SW outskirts of Sappemeer, Holland. Also killed in the crash were the 19 yr old pilot F/O J.A.Frampton; P/Os J. J. Astles and K.Smith; and Sgt K.W.Tindall RAF Two survived: F/O G.W.Reynolds was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.3537 and F.W.C.Robertson evaded. (Source: www.lostbombers.co.uk) -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of KENNETH HUGH BENNETT
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh 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
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 247 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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