RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Newport Tinley, Gervase Francis Benton

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Newport Tinley ​

• FORENAME

Gervase Francis Benton ​

• UNIT

138 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

108998 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd December 1942 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Staphorst (Ijhorst) General Cemetery,Netherlands Grave 6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Lt-Col Francis Benton,MC,IA and Cicely Sophia Newport Tinley​

award D.F.C.​

pilot​

SOE Op.Marrow 12​

Halifax W7775​

crashed near De Wijk,Holland (0103 hours)​

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