Milner, Benedict Guy (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1943-June-13

Flight Lieutenant Benedict Guy Milner RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-September-17

Born: Vankleek Hill, Ontario

Parents: Thomas & Marguerite Milner

Spouse:

Home: Vankleek Hill, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: North Bay, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-August-13

Service

RCAF

Unit

103 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Noli Me Tangere Touch me not

Base

RAF Elsham Wolds

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)

Service Numbers

J/10210

Home
Google MapVankleek Hill, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapBochum Germany
Final Burial
Google MapGeneral Cemetery
Plot 33 Grave 2

Took off from Elsham Wolds at 22:23 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code PM-J Bomber Command0 on an operation to Bochum Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Martensplek, Nieuw Balinge, Drenthe, Holland.

Killed includes Milner: Sergeant Francis Norman Jay RAF KIA Westerbork General Cemetery, Holland.

POWs: Flight Sergeant Barry Matthews Godden RCAF R/99277 POW Stalag Luft L6, Heydekrug, POW# 147. Sergeant George William Backhurst RAF POW Stalag 357, POW# 23. Flying Officer Rowland Hemingway RAF POW Stalag Luft L3, Sagan & Belaria, POW# 1499. Pilot Officer Guy Desmond John King RAF POW Stalag Luft L3, POW# 1501. Sergeant Sydney King RAF POW Stalag Luft L6, Heydekrug, POW# 49.

Flight Lieutenant Milner (RCAF) was BROTHER to Warrant Officer Class 1 Joseph Emmett Milner (RCAF), killed in action 1943-09-01 on 15 Squadron Stirling EE 912 LS-U on a raid to Berlin, Germany and Pilot Officer Evan Milner (RCAF), killed in action 1944-01-29 on 419 Squadron Halifax JP 119 VR-O on a raid to Berlin, Germany. A fourth Milner brother, Collin, was returned from military service after his brothers were killed in service

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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