Service No: 1601570 - Flight Sergeant - Pilot - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn.
Son of Cecil H. and Evelyn G. Bennett of Frilford, Berkshire, England.
One of a seven man crew that took off at 21:05 from RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire on the 24th April, 1944, in a Avro - Lancaster I - S/No. HK542 for a bombing raid on Karlsruhe, South West Germany.
After take off nothing further was heard and the aircraft was reported as missing, it was later established that the aircraft, had been shot down by a night fighter between Wolfe and Paradijs about 6 Miles Northeast of St Trond, Belgium.
The rest of the crew were,
Sgt. Norman Louis FORTH – S/No. 1510806 – Wirless Operator – RAFVR
F/O. Adolf David Leon HOFFMAN – S/No. 426598) – Navigator - RAAF
Sgt. Alan HOLT – S/No. 2209128 – Air Gunner – RAFVR
Sgt. William McKELVIE – S/No. 1567526 – Air Gunner – RAFVR
Sgt. John Frederick PLUMMER – S/No. 1606785 – Flight Engineer – RAFVR
P/O. James Eugene ZEGARCHUK – S/No. J/89947 – Air Bomber – RCAF
There were no survivors and they are all buried in the Heverlee War Cemetery.
Service No: 1601570 - Flight Sergeant - Pilot - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn.
Son of Cecil H. and Evelyn G. Bennett of Frilford, Berkshire, England.
One of a seven man crew that took off at 21:05 from RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire on the 24th April, 1944, in a Avro - Lancaster I - S/No. HK542 for a bombing raid on Karlsruhe, South West Germany.
After take off nothing further was heard and the aircraft was reported as missing, it was later established that the aircraft, had been shot down by a night fighter between Wolfe and Paradijs about 6 Miles Northeast of St Trond, Belgium.
The rest of the crew were,
Sgt. Norman Louis FORTH – S/No. 1510806 – Wirless Operator – RAFVR
F/O. Adolf David Leon HOFFMAN – S/No. 426598) – Navigator - RAAF
Sgt. Alan HOLT – S/No. 2209128 – Air Gunner – RAFVR
Sgt. William McKELVIE – S/No. 1567526 – Air Gunner – RAFVR
Sgt. John Frederick PLUMMER – S/No. 1606785 – Flight Engineer – RAFVR
P/O. James Eugene ZEGARCHUK – S/No. J/89947 – Air Bomber – RCAF
There were no survivors and they are all buried in the Heverlee War Cemetery.
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