Rodwell, Benjamin Bernard Hunter
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Benjamin Bernard Hunter |
Surname | Rodwell |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 08-08-1941 |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AE303 |
Markings | OF- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 34. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 91 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 60563 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Squadron Motto | Achieve your aim |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Location | Roadside location (off E6), Fættenfjord, near Åsenfjord, Trøndelag Fylke |
Country | Norway |
Memorial Type | Inscribed memorial stone atopped with inert aerial sea mine and Tirpitz anchor chain link |
Memorial Text |
For Frihet Til minne om Allierte Flymannskaper fra RAF drept under angrep pa det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz i Fættenfjord 1942
Translation "For freedom In memory of the Allied Aircrews from the RAF who died in attacks on the German Battleship Tirpitz in the Fættenfjord 1942 " |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/8145 (P361167/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/766/11 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/766/10 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-08-1941 |
End Date | 08-08-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Nothing heard after leaving base. Crashed into the North Sea off the coast of Holland. It is believed that there were night fighters operating in the area |