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Flight Sergeant Lloyd Douglas Bennett, Bomb Aimer, RCAF
Flight Sergeant Lloyd Douglas Bennett, Bomb Aimer, RCAF
Status: KIA
Date of Birth: November 6, 1917
Date of Death: October 14, 1944
Place of Birth: St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Fellow Crew Members At Time Of Death:
Sgt D.R. Paige, 2nd Pilot, RAF - Discharged
Sgt R.B. Bennett, RCAF, Flight Engineer - Discharged
F/Sgt K.R. Strachan, RCAF, Navigator - Discharged
F/Sgt J. Bilan, RCAF, Wireless Operator - Discharged
Sgt K.J. McCrorie, RCAF, Mid Upper Gunner - Discharged
F/Sgt J.H. Loughran, RCAF, Rear Gunner - Discharged
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Son of Frank and Sadie Bennett, of Aylmer, Ontario, Canada. Graduate, College of Pharmacy, (Toronto).
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Service History
Crashed 6 minutes after takeoff at Bradleys Farm, roughly 4 miles N of Louth Lincolnshire, near the Village of Little Grimsby. In the last moments of flight, 6 members of crew managed to parachute, but the parachute of Lloyd Douglas, RCAF failed to deploy and he was killed. The pilot, Lloyd Hannah, RCAF was killed when the Lancaster crashed into a farmer's field.
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