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| Name: |
Risdon MacKenzie Bennett |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
4N (RNAS)
204 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
12 February 1900 |
| Place of Birth: |
Staplehurst, Kent |
| Died: |
28 September 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
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| Memorial: |
Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
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Risdon MacKenzie Bennett was wounded on 31 July 1918. Possibly the youngest ace killed in the Great War. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
31 Jul 1918 |
1930 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (D3354) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Roulers |
| 2 |
15 Aug 1918 |
1900 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (D3354) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
Menin |
| 3 |
15 Aug 1918 |
1905 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (D3354) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Menin |
| 4 |
16 Sep 1918 |
1855 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (D8187) |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) 1 |
Blankenburghe-Zeebrugge |
| 5 |
16 Sep 1918 |
1900 |
204 |
Sopwith Camel (D8187) |
LVG C (DES) |
Blankenberghe |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Charles Hickey, 2/Lt N Smith (D8188), Lt F G Bayley and 2/Lt J R Chisman |
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