Pratt, Benjamin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Benjamin |
Surname | Pratt |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Harriet Ann Pratt, of Foot's Cray, Sidcup, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA906 |
Markings | PO-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Long Bennington (St. Swithun) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave A.3. |
Epitaph | TO THE WORLD HE WAS ONE OF MANY TO US, HE WAS ALL THE WORLD "LORD, THY WILL BE DONE" |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 86 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1262759 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 467 (Australian) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Swithin's Church, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque on Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | In memory of Sgt B Pratt RAFVR, killed in action in Lancaster JA906 of 467 Sqn RAAF,3rd August 1943 |
Location | Boschhausenerstraße 2-10, Kelmis, Liege Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Memorial stone & stencilled composite plaque |
Memorial Text | Souvenons-nous! Erinnern wir uns! Remember! Flg Off Robert Leo Mooney DFM, Sgt Felix Bernard Grey, P Off George Albert Johnson DFM, Flt Sgt Jack Wordale DFM, Flt Sgt Norman Davidson Cameron, Flt Sgt Godfrey Woolf RAAF, Flt Sgt George Edward Smith. Ici s’e |
Location | Inside old Control Tower, Roseland Business Park, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque & Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the men and women of all nationalities who served with the units based at this airfield in WWII, and of those who gave their lives that freedom might prevail |
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour remembering all 467 (RAAF) Sqn personnel who failed to return from Ops at RAF Bottesford |
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock & Internal inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Clock and inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1930/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1930/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-08-1943 |
End Date | 03-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bottesford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | He was killed in an exchange of fire with a Ju88 shortly after leaving the target. The aircraft otherwise returned intact |