Benstead, Charles Edward
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles Edward |
Surname | Benstead |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Horace Victor and Alice Benstead. Husband of Edna Violett Benstead, of Kingsworth, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W1219 |
Markings | PM- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | 12. I. 6. |
Epitaph | GOD SHALL CLASP THE BROKEN CHAIN TIGHTER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 8 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1383049 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 103 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | All Saints Church, Elsham, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at RAF Elsham Wolds on 103 7 576 Squadrons 1941-45 |
Location | Anglian Water Treatment Works, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Plaques |
Memorial Text | Pillar : RAF Elsham Wolds, 1941-1945, For those who made the great sacrifice. Plaque :This tree is dedicated to all those who served with 103 Squadron Royal Air Force. Plaque : RAF Elsham Wolds, Opened in Summer 1941 as a bomber station in No1 group, it w |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-09-1942 |
End Date | 07-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Elsham Wolds |
Day/Night Raid | Night (13% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by night fighter pilot Lt. W. Beier of the I/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. |