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Information from Clive Wood, 2008
Pilot Officer Donovan Benning

183895 Air Gunner 196 Squadron R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve

Aged 22 years

Died 20th September 1944

Commemorated at Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave 4. A.9.
Pilot Officer Donovan Benning RAF (Volunteer Reserve)

After 40 missions Don Benning was shot down over Arnhem, on an air drop supplying troops on the 20th September 1944 and was killed. He was posthumously awarded the rank of Pilot Officer.

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