Jock Bennett

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Cedric Oswald and Nancy Bennett, of Otakiri, Bay of Plenty.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying a radio-telephony exercise from the carrier HMS Formidable, Jock Bennett stalled his aircraft on approach to landing  and crashed into the Firth of Clyde

[For You Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 1 p180]

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Name:
Jock Bennett
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs N. Bennett, Hamilton, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Formidable

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
10 February 1942
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 8.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Jock Bennett
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