Bennett, Donald Edward
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Donald Edward |
Surname | Bennett |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Samuel and Sadie Ellen Bennett, of Enderby, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE280 |
Markings | PT-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. C. 8. |
Epitaph | UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 129 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/12978 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Bennett Island, Manitoba; Within the northern bay of Gauer Lake |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Island |
Memorial Text |
Location | Outside former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 420 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in English & French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 (RCAF) Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 420 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1825/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 05-03-1943 |
End Date | 06-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 442 aircraft, 14 losses (3.2%). This raid included the 100000th raid of the war. 56 aircraft turned back due to technical defects, 3 of which were Oboe equipped target markers. The remaining PFF Mosquitoes marked the target perfectly, however, despite the usual haze that obscured the town. Some 160 acres of destruction were wreaked with 53 separate buildings of the Krupps works hit. More than 3000 residential properties were destroyed. |
Reason for Loss |