Hall, Alfred Henry Benbow
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Alfred Henry Benbow |
Surname | Hall |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Clement Alfred and Effie Dean Hall, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Chrissie Hall, of Ottawa. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW476 |
Markings | PT-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Valery sur Somme Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 895A. |
Epitaph | NOW FLYING WITH A BETTER SQUADRON IN A MUCH BETTER WORLD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 175 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/16011 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
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 27/1826/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1826/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-04-1944 |
End Date | 01-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (57% moon) |
Operation | Somain to bomb railway installations. 143 aircraft, 1 Halifax Lost The Master Bomber, on seeing that the initial wave of target marking was inaccurate, ordered the main force to wait for a further marking circuit. Most of the force either didn't the order or ignored it and, as a result, much of the bombing fell in open countryside. Only minor damage was caused to the target. |
Reason for Loss | Presumed to have crashed into the sea |