Awarded the Pilot Flying Badge on May 14, 1943.
Assigned to the 207 R.A.F. Squadron on May 25, 1944.
Awarded the Operational Wings.
1 Brother overseas. Benson has not been reported as war dead.
On the night of June 21/22, 1944 Lancaster ME 683 EM-W took part in a mission to bomb targets in the region of Wesseling, Germany. The air craft was intercepted by German night fighter Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer. Just before impact the bomber exploded and crashed into a field in the region of Meeuwen, Belgium. The entire crew was lost.
Sergeant Kenneth Victor BARNES 1867595 (Flight Engineer) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Flight Sergeant Stanley Robert BORE 1289543 (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Flying Officer Alvin van Dyke CORLESS J/26477 (Pilot) Royal Canadian Air Force.
Sergeant Raphael Edward DE CASAGRANDE 1398843 (Navigator) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Sergeant James Ivan MAGOFFIN R/191611 (Air Gunner) Royal Canadian Air Force.
Sergeant Joseph Francis MIREAULT R/222600 (Air Gunner) Royal Canadian Air Force.
Flying Officer Bruce Allan SOMERS J/24022 (Air Bomber) Royal Canadian Air Force.
This page is still under construction.
Portrait: LAC (Library Archive Canada).
Photograph temporary burial: 207 Squadron association.
Photos: LAC (Canadian air crew), Find a Grave (De Casagrande), International Bomber Command Centre (Barnes) and Wikipedia (Schnaufer).
Info from War Diary and Service Records: LAC (Library Archive Canada).
Photograph Regimental patch: ??.
Photograph headstone: Michael van de Velde.
