Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Donald Howard Bennett
In memory of:
Flying Officer Donald Howard Bennett
December 31, 1944
Military Service
J/37881
20
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
166 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Son of George Howard Bennett and Eileen Bennett, of Stony Mountain, Manitoba, 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
NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY
Netherlands
IV. A. 2.
Nederweert is a village 38 km north west of Roermond, 21 km south east of Eindhoven and 5 km north east of Weert. The NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY is 150 metres west of the church and the same distance east of the road from Weert to Helmond. The entrance to the cemetery is closed to vehicles and visitors must walk the 50 metres to the Commission plot. The NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY is signposted on the N266 Nederweert - Helmond road. The N266 is indicated from the Nederweert exit on the A2 Motorway Eindhoven Maastricht.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Photo of DONALD HOWARD BENNETT – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Donald Howard Bennett is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flying Officer Donald Howard Bennett is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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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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Photo of DONALD HOWARD BENNETT – The 20-year-old Canadian Flying Officer Donald Howard Bennett flew as a bombardier. Born on June 14, 1920 in Stonewall Manitoba as the child of George Howard Bennett and Eileen Bennett-Mortimer Kent he lived in Stony Mountain-Manitoba, Canada. His training evaluation shows that he wanted to become a pilot, but was not suitable for this and was then further trained to become a bombardier. Like the entire crew, he had been assigned to the 166th since 28 September 1944. He is buried at Nederweert War Cemetery section IV row A grave 2. Photo courtesy of Mrs Di Ablewhite. -
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Memorial – Memorial for the crew of Lancaster ME647 in Eygelshoven NL. -
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Photo of DONALD HOWARD BENNETT – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of DONALD HOWARD BENNETT – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Cemetery – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Cemetery – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Cemetery – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Service Book – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Record of Service – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave Marker – Grave of Flying Officer Donald Howard Bennett at the Nederweert War Cemetery in the Netherlands.
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