Benson, Robert Lowell (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-February-26

Flying Officer Robert Lowell Benson RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-May-10

Born: Jamestown, New York

Parents: Son of Herbert Carl and Isabel Katherine Benson, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

196 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith

Base

RAF Leconfield

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/11949

Final Burial
Google MapQueensgate Cemetery
Block 72 Grave 11
196 Squadron (Sic Fidem Servamus) Wellington X aircraft HE 161 crashed two miles east of Middleton on the Wolds, England on an air test due to a canvas partition in the bomb bay detaching and fouling the elevators. Flying Officer RL Benson (RCAF), Flying Officer N Smart (RAF), Flying Officer T.D. Gordon (RAF), Sgt. GAA Ranken (RAF), Sergeant D Herbert (RAF) and Leading Aircraftman W Robinson (RAF) were killed (R. Allenby).
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