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: Herbert Carl and Isabel Katherine Benson

Spouse:

Home: Ottawa, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

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

Base

RAF Leconfield

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/11949

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario (parents)
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).

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Wellington HE161

Flying Officer Robert Lowell Benson RCAF

Flying Officer Benson, Robert Lowell (RCAF)
Navigator Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-February-26
Queensgate Cemetery, Beverley, Woodmansey, Yorkshire, UK

Flying Officer Thomas Donald Gordon RAF

Flying Officer Gordon, Thomas Donald (RAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-February-26
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Dennis Herbert RAF

Sergeant Herbert, Dennis (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-February-26
cemetery unknown

Sergeant George Alexander Aitken Ranken RAF

Sergeant Ranken, George Alexander Aitken (RAF)
W/Op-AG
Killed in Action
1943-February-26
cemetery unknown

Corporal Walter Robinson RAF

Corporal Robinson, Walter (RAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-26
cemetery unknown

Flying Officer Neville Smart RAF

Flying Officer Smart, Neville (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-February-26
cemetery unknown