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Kenneth Hugh Bennett

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Kenneth Hugh Bennett

February 20, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/88336

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

408 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Arthur and Lillian Bennett, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 247 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HOOGEZAND-SAPPEMEER-(KROPSWOLDE) PROTESTANT-CHURCH
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Grave 2.

Location:

Kropswolde, under the administration of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, is a village situated 15 kilometres south-east of Groningen on a minor road to Zuidlaren. The HOOGEZAND-SAPPEMEER-(KROPSWOLDE) PROTESTANT-CHURCHYARD surrounds the church, which stands in the centre of the village. The graves of the five airmen are in the south-western corner.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • 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
  • 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

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