# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-bennett
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:18:33.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-bennett"
name: "Don Bennett"
slug: "don-bennett"
description: "Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett, 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\" 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\"."
tagline: "Royal Air Force air marshal (1910-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Air_Marshal_D_C_T_Bennett_CH13645.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1910-09-14"
deathDate: "1986-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.48
  momentum:             5.28456620458891
  historical:           5.287942666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bennett"
    title: "Don Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "دون بينيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "دون بينيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1028121"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "دونالد بنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bennett"
    title: "Don Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5292214"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump