US EditionCeremony organized for RCAF pilot killed in Cape Breton crash while training in 1944
CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, AUG 2 – The ceremony recognized Pilot Officer Bennet's World War II sacrifice and highlighted that 856 trainees died during the British Commonwealth Air Training Program, officials said.
- At Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Saturday, Les Amis du Plein Air, working with Parks Canada, unveiled two panels honoring Pilot Officer William Arthur James Bennet.
- On Aug. 6, 1944, Bennet was flying a twin-engine Avro Anson V when thick fog led to a crash on Jerome Mountain, according to an RCAF inquiry.
- Remarkably, the crash tore off the aircraft’s wings, tail and one engine, and Bennet suffered a fatal skull fracture while three other airmen survived with minor wounds.
- Amid the ceremony, family members gathered, including Bill Bennet, 63-year-old nephew, among about 50 people attending today’s event near the crash site.
- Looking back, the British Commonwealth Air Training Program trained over 131,000 aircrew and lost 856 trainees, reflecting its scale and risks.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Ceremony organized for RCAF pilot killed in Cape Breton crash while training in 1944
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HALIFAX — The relatives and descendants of a Second World War pilot must gather on Saturday to participate in a ceremony that will take place near the site where he died as a result of the crashing of his aircraft in Cape Breton 80 years ago. A local association will unveil two commemorative plaques in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, paying tribute to the pilot from Montreal, William Arthur James Bennet, who died at the age of …
The relatives and descendants of a Second World War pilot must gather on Saturday to participate in a ceremony that will take place near the site where he died as a result of the crash of his aircraft in Cape Breton 80 years ago.
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