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Morris Benjamin

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Group photo, 6 airmen, taken just before these men were to leave for home at the end of the war. They are all members of 75 Squadron . The others are from the top left "Andy" Anderson (Dannervirke, mid upper Gunner), Laurie Luxton (bomb aimer, Christchurch), Len Cross (wireless operator) , and the bottom row from the left are Morris Benjamin (West Coast, now lives in Napier, rear gunner) Richard Urlich (NZ426229), Tommy Killroy (navigator). Call sign was T- Tommy for this crew. (Not in photo) F.J. Ratclyffe (flight Engineer) - This image may be subject to copyright

Group photo, 6 airmen, taken just before these men were to leave for home at the end of the war. The …

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    Benjamin AWMM
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  • Embarked probably from Auckland and travelled on an old ship (Santa Monica) arriving in San Francisco (c20 -26 November 1943). From there he travelled by train to New York and from New York he sailed on the Queen Mary to Scotland and from Scotland he went to England.

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information in the photograph AWMM

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