~~~~Military Service Record, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two~~~~~
Service No:--- 404881
Born:--- Cambooya Queensland, 13th July 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 6th December 1940 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 30 years and 4 months.
Religion:--- Church of England
Martial Status:--- Single
Civilian Employment:--- Wheat Farmer / Road and Dam Sinking Contractor.
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Frederick Ford Benn, "Newbury", Dalby, Queensland.
Final Unit:--- No. 207 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Bottesford.
Fate:--- Died in air operations after lost of No. 207 Squadron Lancaster aircraft R5760, in North West Europe, on 12th August 1942, Aged 32 Years.
Burial:--- Body Unrecovered
Parents:--- Son of Frederick Ford Benn and Eleanor Benn, of Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour:--- Dalby Queensland.
Remembered:--- Panel 112, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered:--- Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Details of final air operation:--- At 22.40 hours on 12 th August 1942 Lancaster R5760 took off from Bottesford to carry out a bombing raid on Mainz, Germany. On the mission 10 tenths cloud from 6,000 to 10,000 feet was encountered. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1949 that the missing crew members had no known graves.
The crew members of R5760 were:
Sergeant John Walter Benn (404881) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Thomas Fitzpatrick (1113188) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer David Wyndham Fry (905553) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Henry Alfred Leslie Green (548497) (RAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald William Edward Holmes (629489) (RAF) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Philip Reginald Kenny (1121314) (RAFVR) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley Obard (646412) (RAF) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans' Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/91/371
~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: Graham Woolley (49625529)~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service number 404881
Rank Sergeant
Unit No. 207 Squadron (RAF)
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Conflict Eligibility Date Second World War, 1939-1947
Date of Death 12 August 1942
Place of Death Germany
Cause of Death Flying Battle
Cemetery or Memorial Details Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Source AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force
Contributor: Graham Woolley (49625529)
Service No:--- 404881
Born:--- Cambooya Queensland, 13th July 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 6th December 1940 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 30 years and 4 months.
Religion:--- Church of England
Martial Status:--- Single
Civilian Employment:--- Wheat Farmer / Road and Dam Sinking Contractor.
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Frederick Ford Benn, "Newbury", Dalby, Queensland.
Final Unit:--- No. 207 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Bottesford.
Fate:--- Died in air operations after lost of No. 207 Squadron Lancaster aircraft R5760, in North West Europe, on 12th August 1942, Aged 32 Years.
Burial:--- Body Unrecovered
Parents:--- Son of Frederick Ford Benn and Eleanor Benn, of Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour:--- Dalby Queensland.
Remembered:--- Panel 112, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered:--- Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Details of final air operation:--- At 22.40 hours on 12 th August 1942 Lancaster R5760 took off from Bottesford to carry out a bombing raid on Mainz, Germany. On the mission 10 tenths cloud from 6,000 to 10,000 feet was encountered. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1949 that the missing crew members had no known graves.
The crew members of R5760 were:
Sergeant John Walter Benn (404881) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Thomas Fitzpatrick (1113188) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer David Wyndham Fry (905553) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Henry Alfred Leslie Green (548497) (RAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald William Edward Holmes (629489) (RAF) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Philip Reginald Kenny (1121314) (RAFVR) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley Obard (646412) (RAF) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans' Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/91/371
~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: Graham Woolley (49625529)~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service number 404881
Rank Sergeant
Unit No. 207 Squadron (RAF)
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Conflict Eligibility Date Second World War, 1939-1947
Date of Death 12 August 1942
Place of Death Germany
Cause of Death Flying Battle
Cemetery or Memorial Details Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Source AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force
Contributor: Graham Woolley (49625529)
~~~~Military Service Record, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two~~~~~
Service No:--- 404881
Born:--- Cambooya Queensland, 13th July 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 6th December 1940 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 30 years and 4 months.
Religion:--- Church of England
Martial Status:--- Single
Civilian Employment:--- Wheat Farmer / Road and Dam Sinking Contractor.
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Frederick Ford Benn, "Newbury", Dalby, Queensland.
Final Unit:--- No. 207 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Bottesford.
Fate:--- Died in air operations after lost of No. 207 Squadron Lancaster aircraft R5760, in North West Europe, on 12th August 1942, Aged 32 Years.
Burial:--- Body Unrecovered
Parents:--- Son of Frederick Ford Benn and Eleanor Benn, of Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour:--- Dalby Queensland.
Remembered:--- Panel 112, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered:--- Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Details of final air operation:--- At 22.40 hours on 12 th August 1942 Lancaster R5760 took off from Bottesford to carry out a bombing raid on Mainz, Germany. On the mission 10 tenths cloud from 6,000 to 10,000 feet was encountered. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1949 that the missing crew members had no known graves.
The crew members of R5760 were:
Sergeant John Walter Benn (404881) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Thomas Fitzpatrick (1113188) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer David Wyndham Fry (905553) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Henry Alfred Leslie Green (548497) (RAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald William Edward Holmes (629489) (RAF) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Philip Reginald Kenny (1121314) (RAFVR) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley Obard (646412) (RAF) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans' Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/91/371
~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: Graham Woolley (49625529)~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service number 404881
Rank Sergeant
Unit No. 207 Squadron (RAF)
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Conflict Eligibility Date Second World War, 1939-1947
Date of Death 12 August 1942
Place of Death Germany
Cause of Death Flying Battle
Cemetery or Memorial Details Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Source AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force
Contributor: Graham Woolley (49625529)
Service No:--- 404881
Born:--- Cambooya Queensland, 13th July 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 6th December 1940 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 30 years and 4 months.
Religion:--- Church of England
Martial Status:--- Single
Civilian Employment:--- Wheat Farmer / Road and Dam Sinking Contractor.
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Frederick Ford Benn, "Newbury", Dalby, Queensland.
Final Unit:--- No. 207 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Bottesford.
Fate:--- Died in air operations after lost of No. 207 Squadron Lancaster aircraft R5760, in North West Europe, on 12th August 1942, Aged 32 Years.
Burial:--- Body Unrecovered
Parents:--- Son of Frederick Ford Benn and Eleanor Benn, of Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour:--- Dalby Queensland.
Remembered:--- Panel 112, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered:--- Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Details of final air operation:--- At 22.40 hours on 12 th August 1942 Lancaster R5760 took off from Bottesford to carry out a bombing raid on Mainz, Germany. On the mission 10 tenths cloud from 6,000 to 10,000 feet was encountered. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was recorded in 1949 that the missing crew members had no known graves.
The crew members of R5760 were:
Sergeant John Walter Benn (404881) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Thomas Fitzpatrick (1113188) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer David Wyndham Fry (905553) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Henry Alfred Leslie Green (548497) (RAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald William Edward Holmes (629489) (RAF) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Philip Reginald Kenny (1121314) (RAFVR) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Stanley Obard (646412) (RAF) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans' Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/91/371
~~~~~~~~Bio details by Contributor: Graham Woolley (49625529)~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Service number 404881
Rank Sergeant
Unit No. 207 Squadron (RAF)
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Conflict Eligibility Date Second World War, 1939-1947
Date of Death 12 August 1942
Place of Death Germany
Cause of Death Flying Battle
Cemetery or Memorial Details Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Source AWM148 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Air Force
Contributor: Graham Woolley (49625529)
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Royal Australian Air Force
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