Don Bennett Military person

Air Vice-Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett CB CBE DSO RAF (14 September 1910 – 15 September 1986) was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber pilot who rose to be the youngest Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force. He led the "Pathfinder Force" (No. 8 Group RAF) from 1942 to the end of the Second World War in 1945. He has been described as "one of the most brilliant technical airmen of his generation: an outstanding pilot, a superb navigator who was also capable of stripping a wireless set or overhauling an engine".

Personal facts

Birth date	September 14, 1910
Birth place	Toowoomba
Date of death	September 15, 1986

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award	Order of the Bath Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order
military command	10 Squadron 77 Squadron Pathfinder Force
service start	1930
service end	1930