Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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

Photo of KENNETH HUGH BENNETT – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – 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

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