Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 DENNIS BENSTED
Initials:
 D B
Service No:
 778472
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 500 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-09-17
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Date of Birth:
 1917-02-02
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hudson V AM587, shot down over the Bay of Biscay, shot down by Lt Kurt Necesany, 13./KG 40, PlQ 14W/8933 1537 hrs (2 men were seen in water).
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Bensted and Edith Alexina Smith, of Kimberley. Husband of Irene Isabelle Smith. RAF Number: Enlistments in Rhodesia
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 76.

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