Cohen, Benjamin (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-May-07

Second-Lieutenant Benjamin Cohen RAF

Birth Date: 1894-December-25

Born: Berdiseve, Russia (now Ukraine)

Parents: Isidore Cohen & Henrietta Hamburger

Spouse: Vera Cohen

Home: Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1917-October

Service

RAF

Unit

(OT) TS- Training Squadron (RAF)

Base

6 TDS Boscombe Down England

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

Final Burial
Google MapGarnethill Hebrew Congregational Burial Ground
Synagogue ground B 58
1918-05-07: Cohen died on this date at Montrose, Scotland, when his Camel stalled on his final 'S' turn before landing, and spun into the ground. He did not survive the crash.

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