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July 1st, 1943

Typhoon Ib DN589 'QO-A' of no. 3 Sq.

Shot down by Fw 109’s 25 km west off Hook of Holland at about 12.00 hrs (local time)

Crew:

Pilot:
P/O Colin George  BENJAMIN (Pilot RAAF), age 22. KIA
Son of Cyril Hastings Benjamin and Eva Eleanor Benjamin, of Gordon, New South Wales, Australia.

Buried Rotterdam Crooswijk General Cemetery

Target: Convoy off Hook of Holland
Homebase: West Malling


Details supplied by Jan Weda