MALTA,
WORLD WAR 2 AIRMEN WAR MEMORIAL
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World
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Compiled & Copyright © Martin Edwards 2024
| LACE |
Eric
Edwin |
Sergeant
1375499, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve serving
as a Navigating Officer with British Overseas Airways Corporation.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of
Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, ina Short S30 (BOAC), serial
number G-AFCZ, when the aircraft crashed at Bathurst during a
transit flight from Lagos to the United Kingdom with a stop at
Bathurst (19 passrengers also died) 14 September 1942. Aged 22.
Native of Colindale, Middlesex. Son of Frederick C. and Violet
M. Lace, of Colindale, Middlesex. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| LAIDLAW |
William
Blyth |
Flight
Lieutenant 47790, 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Died based at Regina, Italy, 4 May 1944. Aged
23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thompson Laidlaw; husband of Edna
Jean (nee Berry) Laidlaw, of Ipswich, Suffolk, married in the
October to December Quarter 1942 in Colchester Registration District,
Essex. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| LAIGHT |
Leslie
Victor |
Sergeant
953313, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died between 12 May 1945 and 12 May
1945. Aged 23. Native of Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Son of George
William Laight, and of Florence Edith Laight, of Stourbridge,
Worcestershire. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| LAING |
Frederick
Davidson |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner) J/90303, 624 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Blida, Algeria, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JN896, when the aircraft was lost over the sea between Barcelona
and Perpignan when returning from Special Operations Executive
(SOE) Special Operation sortie Quincaille to Southern France 14
August 1944. Born 7 March 1913 at 23 Campbell Street, Dundee,
Scotland. Native of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Son
of Mr and Mrs William Lieang, resident 2481 Knox Street, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, Husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Keil Laing (nee
MacInnes), of 2506A Knox Street, Point St. Charles, Montreal,
Quebec; she was born in Scotland; married 29 June 1940 in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. Enlisted 12 September 1939 at which time he was
single, height 5 feet 6½ inches, chest 35½-37½
inches, brown hair, grey eyes, medium complexion. Civil occupation
Salesman/Stock Room Keeper/Construction Labourer. Left school
aged 14. Panel 16, Column 1. Canadian
Archives Service Record |
| LAIT |
John
Frederick |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 928878, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number
Z7790, when his aircraft was shot down by return fire when attacking
Ju52/3m transports 40 miles off Lampedusa 13 January 1942. Aged
19. Native of Harleston, Norfolk. Son of Charles and Doreen Lait,
of Harleston, Norfolk. Panel 4, Column 1. See also Harleston,
Norfolk |
| LAKE |
Harold
George |
Sergeant
(Navigator/Bomber) 1392540, 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Forli, Italy, in a Douglas Boston IV, serial number BZ489,
when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down by flak
off Port Gariboldi returning from a raid on a ferry terminal near
Pontelaggoscuro, the pilot survived, 7 April 1945. Aged 21. Native
of Bournemouth, Hampshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Lake, of
Bournemouth, Hampshire. Panel 18, Column 2. |
| LAMB |
Arthur
George |
Flight
Sergeant 208106V, 26 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Takoradi,
Gold Coast, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number MP591, when his
aircraft crashed into the sea soon after taking off from Takoradi
on a patrol 7 November 1943. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| LAMB |
Gerald
Barry |
Leading
Aircraftman 646479, (serving in H.M.S. Welshman), Royal Air Force.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea when
the cruiser-minelayer H.M.S. Welshman was sunk by the U-boat U-617
35 miles northeast of Tobruk, Libya, 1 February 1943. Panel 9,
Column 2. |
| LAMBERT |
Edwin
Garnet |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) 1391779, 624 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JN896, when the aircraft was lost over the sea between Barcelona
and Perpignan when returning from Special Operations Executive
(SOE) Special Operation sortie Quincaille to Southern France 14
August 1944. Aged 20. Native of Ipswich, Suffolk. Son of Frederick
Charles Lambert, and of Constance Ida Lambert, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
Panel 14, Column 1. |
| LAMMIN |
Jack
Davey |
Sergeant
(Navigator/Bomber) 1134563, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Temmar, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE756, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down
over the target when dropping marker flares during a raid on Syracuse,
Sicily, 10 July 1943. Aged 33. Native of Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Son of George William and Ethel Lammin; husband of Elsie Ruth
Lammin, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| LAMOND |
Frank
Raymond |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 410349, 14 Squadron, Royal
Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in
action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Martin B-26B Marauder,
serial number 41-17780, when the aircraft was lost off Mataro
on the Spanish coast during a low-level shipping reconnaissance
between Barcelona and Marseilles 29 March 1944. Aged 21. Son of
Francis Joseph Lamond, and of Caroline Victoria Lamond, of Granya,
Victoria, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| LANDER |
John
Edmund Henry |
Sergeant
1803816, 253 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based at Canne, Italy, 8 October
1944. Aged 21. Born 29 March 1924. Native of Southfields, London.
Son of E. O. E. and Ellie Lander, of Southfields, Surrey. In 1939
he was at school, resident Rivey Lodge Old Woking Road, West Byfleet,
Woking U.D., Surrey. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| LANE |
John
James |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 185363, 92 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Fano, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire LFVIII, serial number
JF894, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down
near Fiume (Rijeka) during a weather reconnaissance 12 November
1944. Aged 22. Son of John James Lane and Catherine Leonie Lane.
of Blackheath, London. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| LANE |
Peter |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 82743, 148 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Kabrit, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number
T2981, when the aircraft ditched in the Mediterranean 100 miles
north of Sidi Barrani when returning from a raid on Benghazi,
bad weather prevented their rescue, 5 June 1941. Aged 29. Native
of Boscombe, Hampshire.Son of Sidney David and Elsie Margret Lane;
husband of Margaret Ailsa Lane, of Boscombe, Hampshire. Panel
1, Column 1. |
| LANE |
Ronald
William |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 994791, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter IC, serial number
T5031, when the aircraft was shot down by return fire while attacking
a Ju88 during a sweep off Malta 19 December 1942. Aged 29. Native
of Doncaster, Yorkshire. Son of Joseph Henry and Annie Lane, of
Doncaster, Yorkshire. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| LANGDON |
Charles
Edward |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 43705, 261 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane I, serial number V7474, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during an interception off Malta
when attacking a large formation of enemy aircraft 26 February
1941. Aged 22. Native of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. Son of
Arthur Garner Langdon and Charlotte Maria Langdon, of Hawera,
Taranaki, New Zealand. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| LANGLEY |
Francis
Thomas |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 421287, 37 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LN641, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on an aircraft facftory
at Steyr 19 miles southeast of Linz, Austria, 24 February 1944.
Aged 23. Born 27 April 1920 in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia.
Native of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Frederick
Thomas Langley and Mary Ann Langley, of Griffith, New South Wales,
Australia. Student in Engineering School at time of enlistment.
Panel 16. Column 2. |
| LANKSHEAR |
Ernest
Howard |
 Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) NZ411077, 69 Squadron,
Royal New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand.
Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore
II, serial number AG806, when the aircraft ditched about 70
miles west of Malta due to an engine failure during an Anti-Submarine
Warfrafe patrol 21 April 1943. Aged 25. Born 30 July 1917 in
Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui. Educated at Feilding Agricultural
High School. Native of Colyton, Wellington, New Zealand. Son,
second child of seven born to George Henry and Kathleen Lankshear,
of Colyton, Wellington, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2.
Portrait,
extracted from Weekly News
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| LANSLEY |
Bob |
Sergeant
1398875, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Reghaia,
Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufoghter VIF, serial number MM871, when
the aircraft was lost over the Mediterranean during a patrol (the
other crew member survived) 16 July 1944. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| LARGE |
William
Sydney |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/8147, 81 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Bone,
Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number ER726, when
the aircraft was shot down into the sea by Bf109s while intercepting
an enemy air raid on Bone Harbour, Algeria, 1 January 1943. Aged
26. Native of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. Son of Sidney E.
and Clara Edna Large, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. Panel
10, Column 1. |
| LASSNER |
Arthur
Joseph |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/56162, 15 Operational Training
Unit, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed
in action flying out of Harwell, Oxon, in a Vickers Wellington
IC, serial number Z8730, when the aircraft crashed into the sea
during a delivery flight from Malta to Egypt on behalf of the
Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.) 1 July 1941. Aged 29.
Native of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Son of Harry and
Jennie Lassner, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Panel
2, Column 2. |
| LAVERTY |
Robert |
Sergeant
994040, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by friendly fire flying
out of Gibraltar in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number
FP153, when it was assumed that the aircraft had shot down in
error by Royal Navy warships during an Anti-Submarine Warfare
patrol 20 November 1942. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| LAVIN |
Patrick
Joseph |
Sergeant
1534024, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter, serial number T5114 or X8079,
when it was presumed that the aircraft was shot down by Bf109s
30 miles northwest of Maritime Island during an armed reconnaissance
22 May 1943. Aged 33. Son of Patrick and Maria Lavin; husband
of M. Clare M. Lavin, of Moston, Manchester. Panel 8. Column 2. |
| LAVOIE |
Joseph
Michael Guy Leroy |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Pilot) R/133000, 253 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
MH567, when the aircraft was shot down by flak near Kukujevci
west of Veliki Radinci, Yugoslavia, during a sweep 6 June 1944.
Aged 22. Native of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. Son of
Nelson and Annie P. Lavoie, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Panel 16, Column 2. |
| LAW |
Donald
Norman |
Sergeant
1437606, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter, serial number T5114 or X8079,
when it was presumed that the aircraft was shot down by Bf109s
30 miles northwest of Maritime Island during an armed reconnaissance
22 May 1943. Aged 20. Native of Shawforth Lancashire. Son of George
Victor and Gladys Marjorie Law, of Shawforth Lancashire. Panel
8, Column 2. |
| LAW |
Frank
Bruce |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 772200, 5 Refresher Flying Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
in a Spitfire VB, serial number ER214, when the aircraft crashed
at Lake Trasimeno during a practice dive-bombing sortie 8 October
1944. Aged 20. Native of Dundee, Angus. Son of Francis Law, and
of Mary Bell Law, of Dundee. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| LAW |
William |
Sergeant
1055236, 202 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Gibraltar,
in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number AJ162, when the aircraft
was shot down by return fire while attacking an enemy ship during
a patrol, two of the crew survived and were rescued by the ship,
10 September 1942. Aged 31. Native of Airth, Stirlingshire. Son
of William and Frances Donaldson Law; husband of Nancy Law, of
Airth, Stirlingshire. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| LAW |
William
Edgar |
Pilot
Officer (Observer) 88021, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim I, serial number X9599,
when the aircraft was lost during an attack on Motorised Transport
vehicles on the Misurata-Benghazi road in Libya, probably shot
down by flak, 24 September 1941. Aged 21. Native of Southsea,
Hampshire. Son of Edgar and Edith Law; husband of Beryl Joyce
Law, of Southsea, Hampshire. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| LAWLER |
Bryan
Francis |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 409466, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Bone,
Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial number JA408, when
the dircraft ditched due to an engine failure during an Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol to the Spezia-Orbetello area but drowned, two of
the crew survived, 8 April 1944. Aged 24. Native of Redcliffs,
Victoria, Australia. Son of Ernest John and Alice Margaret Lawler,
of Redcliffs, Victoria, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| LAWRENCE |
Jack |
Warrant
Officer Class II R/88685, 243 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Souk
el Khemis, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
ER707, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down
by a Bf109 near Tebourba west of Tunis during an escort for Hurricanes
on a tactical reconnaissance sortie 30 January 1943. Native of
Long Branch, Ontario, Canada. Son of James E. and Elsie Lawrence,
of Long Branch, Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| LAWRENCE |
Raymond
Walter |
Flying
Officer 64936, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Jui, Sierra Leone, in a Short Sunderland I, serial number L5805.
whenthe aircraft was lost without trace off Freetown, Sierra Leone,
during a night escort sortie for convoy WS19Q 11 June 1942. Aged
22. native of Eastbourne, Sussex. Son of Walter Edward and Ethel
Mary Lawrence, of Eastbourne, Sussex. Orginally listed on Alamein
Memorial, Egypt, now on Addenda Panel |
| LAWRENCE |
Reginald
Herbert |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1376491, 13 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Oulmene, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim
V, serial number BA806. when the aircraft was shot 20 March 1943.
Aged 29. Native of Clapton, London. Son of Thomas and Florence
Lawrence; husband of Hilda E. Lawrence, of Clapton, London. Panel
8, Column 2. |
| LAWSON |
Gordon
Herbert |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/9691, 458 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Protville
I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number MP631, when
the aircraft was lost without trace after spotting an enemy ship
during an armed reconnaissance to the northeast coast of Sardinia
15 July 1943. Aged 24. Native of Grand View, Manitoba, Canada.
Son of W. A. and Mabel Grace Lawson, of Grand View, Manitoba,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| LAWSON |
Lyle
Anzac |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 414243, 614 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Celone,
Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number BB446, when
it was assumed the aircraft was shot down near the target during
a raid on marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria, 16 March 1944.
Aged 27. Native of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Son of
Percival and Shirley Lawson; husband of Merle Winifred Lawson,
of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| LAWSON |
Roy
William |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 919978, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, when the aircraft
was shot down by a Bf109 when intercepting an enemy attack on
a ferryboat in the Gozo Channel, Malta, 29 December 1941. Aged
20. Native of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Son of Frank Winter
Lawson and Margaret Ann Lawson, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| LAWTON |
Dennys
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1154127, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out mof Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol beaufighter IC, serial T4986,
when the aircraft was shot down by return fire 30 miles southeast
of Lampedusa when attacking Ju52/3m transport aircraft resupplying
the Afrika Korps 11 December 1942. Aged 21. Native of Sanderstead,
Surrey. Son of Albert Edward and Marjorie Somerset Lawton, of
Sanderstead, Surrey. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| LAWTON |
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 414705, 70 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE343, when the
aircraft was lost during a raid on Allesandria, Italy, 2 May 1944.
Aged 21. Native of Corinda, Queensland, Australia. Son of John
and Dorothy Lawton, of Corinda, Queensland, Australia. Panel 16,
Column 2. |
| LAYDE |
William
John |
Warrant
Officer Class I 328406V, 26 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Takoradi, Gold Coast, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number HZ525,
when his aircraft ditched following an engine failure, the pilot
survived, 4 March 1944. Aged 19. Native of Johannesburg, Transvaal,
South Africa. Son of William P. and Constance F. Layde, of Johannesburg,
Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| LAYH |
Eric
John |
Pilot
Officer (Navigator/Bomber) 404788, 23 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito FBVI,
serial number HJ832, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during an intrduer sortie against road and rail targets in the
Genoa-Milan-Turin area of northern Italy 10 December 1943. Aged
22. Native of Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia. Son of
Carl Eric and Anne Layh, of Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia.
Panel 11, Column 1. |
| LE
DIEU |
Horace
Victor |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1187984, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG742,
when his aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on a target
in the Messina Straits 10 January 1943. Aged 23. Native of Barton-on-Sea,
Hampshire. Son of George E. and Louisa E. Le Dieu, of Barton-on-Sea,
Hampshire. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| LE
GOOD |
Ronald
Sidney |
Flying
Officer 139106, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action based at Biferno, Italy,
15 March 1944. Aged 20. Native of Hornsey, London. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. F. H. Le Good, of Hornsey, Middlesex. Panel 13, Column
1. |
| LE
ROUX |
Clive
Gordon |
Captain
205818V, 40 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country of service
South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number EP690, when he was believed to have
been shot down by Bf109s off Sicily 10 July 1943. Aged 21. Awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native of Franklin, Cape
Province, South Africa. Son of Lt.-Col. and Mrs. P. M. G. le Roux,
of Franklin, Cape Province, South Africa. Panel 12, Column 1. |
| LEA |
Howard
Douglas |
Flight
Lieutenant 47556, 108 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Died based at Luqa, Malta, 12 May 1944. Aged 25.
Native of Brockley, London. Son of William and Lilian Lea; husband
of Phyllis Lea, of Brockley, London. Panel 13, Column 1. |
| LEACH |
Arthur
Charles |
Sergeant
560852, 806 Squadron (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious), Royal Air
Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at
sea in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious which was damaged
during an enemy air raid when escorting a convoy east of Sicily
10 January 1941. Aged 31. Resident of Chatham, Kent. Son of George
and Emma Alice Leach; husband of Florence Doris K. Leach, of Chatham.
Panel 1, Column 2. |
| LEACH |
Philip
Walters |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1622667, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX,
serial number JM382, 16 March 1944. Aged 20. Native of Wallasey,
Cheshire. Son of Robert Claison Leach and Alice Mary Leach, of
Wallasey, Cheshire. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| LEAVER |
Nevil |
Sergeant
993219, 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action by firnedly fire flying
out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number AM634,
when his aircraft was shot down in error by a FAA Fulmar during
a transit flight from Gibraltar to Malta 11 December 1941. Aged
25. Native of Gunnislake, Cornwall. Son of Rennie and Mary Elizabeth
Leaver, of Gunnislake, Cornwall; husband of Gladys May Leaver,
of Yeadon, Yorkshire. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| LECKIE |
John
Alexander |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) R/99980, 126 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Safi,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number BC557, when
the aircraft was lost without a trace during a sweep over Sicily
25 June 1943. Aged 21. Native of Kinglake, Ontario, Canada. Son
of Alex and Hattie V. Leckie. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| LECLERC |
Jean
Paul Denis |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Bomber) R/55431, 142 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Fontaine Chaude, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial
number DF709, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on Trapani, Sicily, 15 May 1943. Aged 22. Native of Quebec
City, Province of Quebec, Canada. Son of Edmond Leclerc, and of
Alice L. Leclerc, of Quebec City, Canada. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| LEE |
Cecil
James |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 643724, 202 Squadron, Royal Air
Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Gibraltar in a Short Sunderland III, serial number W4029,
when the aircraft crashed and sank when landing in Gibraltar Bay
returning from an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol causing the depth
charges to explode, one of the crew survived, 22 August 1942.
Aged 22. Native of Bootle, Lancashire. Son of A. J. P. and Rebecca
May Lee, of Bootle, Liverpool. Awarded the King's Medal. Panel
4, Column 1. |
| LEE |
Cyril
Francis |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 404019, 69 Squadron, Royal Austr,alian Air Force. Country
of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Martin Maryland I, serial number AR729, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a photo reconnaissance sortie over Tripolitania
and the Libyan coast 15 July 1941. Aged 22. Native of South Johnstone,
Queensland, Australia. Son of Herbert Leonard Lee, and of Emma
Caroline Lee, of South Johnstone, Queensland, Australia. Panel
2, Column 1. |
| LEE |
Maldwyn
Herbert |
Leading
Aircraftman 1316626, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based at Bone, Algeria, 19 June
1944. Aged 28. Native of Dafen, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Son
of David and Alice Lee; husband of Margaret J. Lee, of Dafen,
Carmarthenshire. Panel 15, Column 2. |
| LEE |
Mervyn
Thomas |
Warrant
Officer (Wireless Operator) 410993, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed while flying out
of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number HF402,
when the aircraft flew into the sea 18 miles off Europa Point,
Gibraltar during a night radar homing and Leigh Light exercise,
two of the crew survived, 12 February 1945. Aged 27. Native of
Windsor, Victoria, Australia. Son of Lionel Wilton Lee and Teresa
Agnes Lee; husband of Doreen Ella Lee, of Windsor, Victoria, Australia.
Panel 19, Column 2. |
| LEE |
Richard
Armitage |
Sergeant
658861, 17 (S.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Alghero, Sardinia, Italy, in a Lockheed Ventura GRV, serial
number FP662, when the aircraft was lost during a shipping sweep
between Genoa and Viareggio 6 August 1944. Aged 28. Native of
Leeds, Yorkshire. Son of Richard and Edith Lee; husband of Dorothy
Lee, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| LEE |
Walter |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator) 1128219, 614 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax
II, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on marshalling yards
at Sofia, Bulgaria, 16 March 1944. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| LEEKS |
Harold
Reuben |
Leading
Aircraftman 1153300, 928 Balloon Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Died at sea aboard
S.S. Devis based out of Felixstowe, Suffolk, 5 July 1943. Aged
39. Born 7 February 1906. Native of Ipswich, Suffolk. Son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. Leeks; husband of Doris Mabel (nee Alexander)
Leeks, of Ipswich, Suffolk, married April to June Quarter 1931
in Woodbridge Registration District, Suffolk. In the 1921 census
he was aged 15, born Hintlesham, Suffolk, a Shepherd Page by
trade, son of Reuben and Ellen Leeks, resident Grunton Hall
Cott, Stratton Hall, Suffolk. In the 1939 Register he was married
to Doris M Leeks, a Horseman Heavy Worker for Timber Importers,
resident 67 Morland Road, Ipswich, Ipswich C.B., Suffolk. Panel
9, Column 2.
Note:
The Lampert & Holt passenger/cargo liner Devis was on passage
from Clyde to Sicily carrying 289 Canadian troops and 4000 tons
of government stores when at 15.43 hours on 5 July 1943, U-593
fired two spreads of two torpedoes at convoy KMS-18B northeast
of Cape Bengut, one torpedo hit and sank the Devis, she had
25 crew and 21 gunners, also a convoy commodore and 6 staff
on board. Sadly 52 soldiers were lost. She had 289 Canadian
troops and two British landing craft on board for Operation
Husky, the invasion of Sicily.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1947:
LEEKS Harold Reuben of 67 Moorland-road Ipswich
died on or since 5 July 1943 at sea Adininistration London
24 April to Doris Mabel Leeks widow. Effects £231 18s.
2d.
|
| LEES |
Eric
Thomas David |
Flying
Officer 116209, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hani West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number
HZ192, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Salerno 23 July 1943. Aged 31. Native of Peacehaven, Sussex.
Son of Harvey and E. Lees, of Peacehaven, Sussex. Panel 6, Column
2. See also Peacehaven,
Sussex |
| LEES |
Robert
John |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1063820, 229 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIC, serial number BN181,
when the aircraft was shot down into the sea by a Bf109 5 miles
off Benghaisa Point when intercepting an enemy air raid on Malta
6 May 1942. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| LEES |
Walter
Scott |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1020882, 458 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of LG 91, Egypt but detailed to to Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington
VIII, serial number HX677, when the aircraft was lost during a
shipping search off the west coast of Italy, possibly shot down
during an attack on a convoy 27 April 1943. Native of of Portobello,
Edinburgh, Midlothian. Son of John Gunn Lees and Agnes Craig Lees,
of Portobello, Midlothian. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| LEGOFF |
Louis
Allan |
Lieutenant
(Pilot) 115491V, 2 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Trigno,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number JK388, when
his aircraft crashed into the sea due to engine failure 9 January
1944. Aged 23. Native of Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa.
Son of Alain and Johanna E. Legoff, of Krugersdorp, Transvaal,
South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| LEGRAND |
Eric
Alexis |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 86863, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Maison Blanche, Algeria, in a bristol beaufighter VIF,
serial number V8446, when it was assumed that the aircraft had
carshed into the sea about 90 miles north of Maison Blanche 23
April 1943. Aged 31. Native of Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire.
Son of Alexis Louis Legrand and of Margaret Josephine Legrand
(nee Stalker), of Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire. M.A. (Oxon.).
Panel 6, Column 2. |
| LEITCH |
Donald
Mclellan |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) R/78887, 1443 (Ferry Training) Flight, Royal
Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action
flying out of the North Front, Gibraltar, in a Vickers Wellington
IC, serial number Y2545, when the aircraft was shot down by Free
French AF fighters off Rabat, Morocco during a ferry flight from
Bathurst to Gibraltar, three of the crew survived, 28 August 1942.
Native of Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| LEROUX |
Romeo
Lionel |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner) J/17329, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE370,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on San
Gionvanna 27 June 1943. Aged 27. Native of Penetanguishene, Ontario,
Canada. Son of Joseph and Anna Leroux, of Penetanguishene, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| LESLIE |
Alastair
Ian |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1340501, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number
FK127, when the aircraft ditched in the Adriatic Sea near Lastovo
Island following an engine failure during a shipping reconnaissance,
one of the crew survived and was rescued, 19 October 1943. Aged
23. Native of Newlands, Glasgow. Son of Hugh and Janet Leslie,
of Newlands, Glasgow. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| LESLIE |
Colin
Richard |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 42821, 601 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed while flying out of Fano,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire LFIX, serial number PT598, whe
the aircraft as believed to have failed to have pulled out of
a dive and crashed into the sea during a practice dive-bombing
session off Fano 25 September 1944. Aged 21. Native of Taupaki,
Auckland, New Zealand. Son of William Day Leslie and Minnie Ethel
Leslie, of Taupaki, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| LESLIE |
John
Alan |
Flying
Officer 65546, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of LG 89, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number Z8712.
when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping
patrol off Sicily 9 May 1942. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| L'ESTRANGE |
Hugh
Kavanagh |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1802373, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Regina, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington Z, serial number LN808,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on an oil
refinery at Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, 22 July 1944. Aged 27.
Native of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Henry
and Margaret L'Estrange; husband of Lilian Margaret L'Estrange,
of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. B.A. Panel 15, Column
1. |
| LETHBRIDGE |
Harry
Lincoln |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 406600, 233 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action by friendly fire
flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson IV, serial number
FH453, when ti was assumed the aircraft had been shot down in
error by US Navy F4F Wildcats off Casablanca, Morocco, during
an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol 8 November 1942. Aged 26. Native
of Perth, Western Australia. Son of Walter Henry and Myrtle Ruth
Lethbridge, of Perth, Western Australia. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| LEVITON |
Leo
De Wet |
Warrant
Officer Class I 328321V, 26 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Takoradi, Gold Coast, serial number MP681, when his aircraft was
lost without trace during a patrol 10 March 1945. Aged 20. Native
of Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa. Son of Israel and
Katherina F. Leviton, of Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa.
Panel 19, Column 2. |
| LEVY-DESPAS |
Guy
Andre |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/5044, 126 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number BP957, when
it is presumed that the aircraft had been shot down by a Bf109
into the sea off Malta when intercepting an enemy air raid by
Ju88's 9 July 1942. Aged 20. (served as CARLET).
Awarded the Legion D'Honneur and Croix de Guerre [France]. Native
of Paris, France. Son of Andre and Jacqueline Levy-Despas. Panel
4, Column 1. |
| LEWIN |
Antony
Michael Hale |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 136493, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Reghaia, Algeria, in a bristol Beaufighter, when the aircraft
was shot down by return fire after shooting down a Ju88 10 January
1944. Aged 24. Native of Eckington, Worcestershire. Son of Lt.-Col.
R. A. H. Lewin, O.B.E., and Mrs. V. I. Lewin, of Eckington, Worcestershire.
Panel 13, Column 1. |
| LEWIS |
Albert |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 2217372, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number KK345, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a raid on marshalling yards at Novska 58 miles southeast of Zagreb,
Yugoslavia, 4 April 1945. Aged 20. Native of Whitehaven, Cumberland.
Son of James Lewis, and of Ada Lewis, of Whitehaven, Cumberland.
Panel 18, Column 2. |
| LEWIS |
David
John |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 1583102, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
BB446, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down
near the target during a raid on marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria,
15 March 1944. Aged 20. Native of Rubery, Warwickshire. Son of
David and Elizabeth Mary Lewis; husband of Doreen Mary Lewis,
of Rubery, Warwickshire. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| LEWIS |
Leonard
Amos |
Leading
Aircraftman 615727, 819 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Died aboard H.M.S. Illustrious based at
Hal Far, Malta, 11 January 1941. Aged 27. Native of Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire. Son of Harry Victor and Lillian Lewis; husband
of Hilda May Lewis, of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Panel 2, Column
2. |
| LEWSLEY |
Frank |
Flight
Sergeant 986418, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX559,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping
sortie near Sardinia 10 November 1942. Aged 24. Native of Hull,
Yorkshire. Son of Henry and Dorothy Lewsley, of Hull. Panel 3,
Column 2. |
| LIDDLE |
John |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 943546, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number
FK112, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an attack
on a convoy off Sardinia during an anti-shipping reconnaissance
3 June 1943. Aged 22. Native of Hobson, Co. Durham. Son of Ann
Liddle, of Hobson, Co. Durham. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| LIDGETT |
Herbert |
Flight
Sergeant 658471, 296 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed while flying out of Goubrine II, Tunisia,
in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle I, serial number P1382, when
the aircraft ditched off Pantelleria after an engined failed during
a flight ferrying mail, the rest of the crew survived, 24 September
1943. Aged 26. Native of Thornbury, Bradford, Yorkshire. Son of
Fred Benson Lidgett and Lilian Lidgett; husband of Irene Victoria
Lidgett, of Thornbury, Bradford, Yorkshire. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| LIEBECK |
Millard
Meyer |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/9774, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country
of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a Bristol Beaufort, when the aircraft was shot down during
a transit flight from Malta to Egypt on behalf of 1 Overseas Aircraft
Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.) 25 October 1942. Aged 31. Native of Chesley,
Ontario, Canada. Son of William and Katherine Liebeck. B.A. (Queen's
University, Kingston, Ontario). His brother Kenneth William Liebeck
also fell, Pilot Officer J/4255, 10 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force, died 23 August 1941, aged 23. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| LIGHTBODY |
Robert
Thomas |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 415668, 614 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, when the aircraft
was lost during a raid on marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria,
16 March 1944. Aged 24. Son of Robert and Jeanie Lightbody, of
Mundijong, Western Australia. Panel 16. Column 2. |
| LIGHTFOOT |
Samuel |
Leading
Aircraftman 639954, 977 Balloon Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea based at aples,
Italy, when he was lost on board the LST 422 which struck a mine
and sank during the Allied landings off Anzio 26 January 1944.
Aged 22. Native of Newchapel, Staffordshire. Son of Samuel and
Elizabeth Lightfoot, of Newchapel, Staffordshire. Panel 15. Column
2. |
| LILLEY |
Bernard
Dallah |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 154285, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Foggia, Italy, in a Bristol beaufighter TFX, serial number
NV442, when the aircraft as lost during a night patrol 3 January
1945. Aged 22. Native of Leeds, Yorkshire. Son of George Francis
and Florence Mary Lilley, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Panel 18, Column
1. |
| LILLEY |
Herbert
Walter |
Sergeant
1580187, 420 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HF459, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Capo Peloro
on the extreme northeastern tip of Sicily 13 August 1943. Aged
21. Native of Nottingham. Son of Herbert Walter and Emma Lilley,
of Nottingham. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| LILLICRAP |
Douglas
William |
Sergeant
(Navigator) 1586724, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, when the aircraft
was lost without trace during a raid on marshalling yards at Ferrara
northeast of Bologna, Italy, 3 September 1944. Aged 21. Native
of Stoke, Devonport, Devon. Son of Percy James Lillicrap and Ellen
Elizabeth Lillicrap, of Stoke, Devonport. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| LINES |
Herbert
George |
Sergeant
917233, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number Z8469, when the
aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 night fighter during a raid on
La Goulette and Tunis docks, the pilot survived and was captured,
17 December 1942. Aged 23. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal
(D.F.M.). Native of Stratford, Essex. Son of Herbert Oliver and
Catherine Phyllis Lines, of Stratford, Essex. Panel 4, Column
1. |
| LINKLATER |
Gordon
Leonard |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/90048, 153 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Maison
Blanche, Algeria, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number
V8648, when the aircraft crashed near Bone, Algeria when intercepting
an unidentified aircraft 23 June 1943. Native of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Son of William and Jane Linklater, of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| LINTERN |
Donald
William |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 60079, 185 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Hawker Hurricane IIB, serial number
Z5265, when the aircraft was shot down north of Gozo, Malta, by
an Italian AF MC202 when returning from a dive bombing attack
on Comiso airfield, Sicily, 30 September 1941. Aged 27. Native
of Farnham, Surrey. Son of William Arthur Charles and Eleanora
Lintern, of Farnham, Surrey. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| LIP-GUEY |
William
Herbert |
Sergeant
(Navigator) NZ411723, 608 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action by friendly fire
flying out of Gibraltar in a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number
AM802, when his aircraft was shot down in error by four Martlets
of 893 Squadron from H.M.S. Formidable off Algiers during an Anti-Submarine
Warfare patrol 11 November 1942. Aged 20. Native of of Wellington
City, New Zealand. Son of William and Mary, Lip-Guey, of Wellington
City, New Zealand. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| LIPSCOMB |
William
Mciver Mounsell |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 421740, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Bone, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington XIII, serial number
JA104, when the aircraft ditched in Pinarello Bay, Corsica, possibly
due to ice on the wings, during a flight from Bone to Corsica,
three of the crew survived, 13 February 1944. Aged 22. Son of
Victor Mounsell Lipscomb, and of Ellie May Lipscomb, of Mosman,
New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| LISTER |
Donald
Sydney |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 411634, 500 Squadron,
Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed
in action flying out of Gibraltar but detailed to to Tafaraoui, Algeria, in
a Lockheed Hudson V, serial number AM564, when the aircraft crashed
into the sea off Cape Tenes, Algeria in a thunderstorm during
an Anti-Submarine Warfare patrol, possibly struck by lightning
26 April 1943. Aged 32. Native of Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia.
Son of Dr. Harold Lister and Eva Lenna Lister; husband of Mavis
Minnie Lister, of Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia. Panel
11. Column 2. |
| LISTER |
Eric |
Flying
Officer 138445, 302 Ferry Training Unit, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed while flying
out of Oban, Argyll, in a Consolidated Catalina IB, serial number
FP122, when the aircraft crashed and overturned on landing at
Bathurst, Gambia during a ferry flight to 200 Squdaron 11 November
1943. Aged 28. Native of Darlington, Co. Durham. Son of Arthur
and Margaret Lister, of Darlington, Co. Durham. Panel 6, Column
2. |
| LITTLE |
Albert
William |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/11494, 511 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Lyneham, Wiltshire, in a Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle GTI,
serial number P1433, when the aircraft was lost without trace,
presumed to have ditched 100 miles off the southwest coast of
Spain during a transit flight from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom
10 August 1943. Aged 26. Native of London, Ontario, Canada. Son
of William O. and Gladys M. Little, of London, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 10, Column 1. |
| LITTLE |
Robert
Caldwell |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) R/112950, 179 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltar in a Vickers Wellington when the aircraft was lost
due to an engine failure during a patrol 27 December 1942. Native
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| LITTLE |
William
John |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 404505, 237 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Falconara,
Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire, when the aircraft was lost near
Falconara 19 December 1944. Aged 26. Native of Cairns, Queensland,
Australia. Son of William Clancy Little and Julia Ernestine Little,
of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Panel 16, Column 1. |
| LOCKE |
Hugh
Francis |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) R/85440, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX559,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping
sortie near Sardinia 10 November 1942. Aged 20. Native of of Riverhurst,
Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of William D. and Annie B. Locke, of
Riverhurst, Saskatchewan, Canada. Panel 5, Column 1. |
| LOCKE |
William
John |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 108838, 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Krendi, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VC, serial number
BR345, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 while escorting
a Walrus on an Air-Sea escue sortie for a 185 Squadron Spitfire
off the south coast of Sicily 20 March 1943. Aged 20. Native of
Lockston, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Son of Arthur H. and Gertrude
M. Locke, of Lockston, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Panel 10, Column
1. |
| LOFTUS |
Geoffrey
David |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) NZ412888, 81 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Bone, Algeria, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
ER832 (aircraft serial unconfirmed), when the aircraft was shot
down into the sea by Bf109s while intercepting an enemy air raid
on Bone Harbour, Algeria 1 January 1943. Aged 22. Son of Thomas
Henry Loftus, and of Adela Constance Loftus, of Mairangi Bay,
Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| LOMBARD |
William
Jacobus |
Captain
(Pilot) 212033V, 5 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Fano,
Italy, in a North American Mustang IVA, serial number KH736, when
his aircraft was lost in bad weather when returning from an abortive
armed reconnaissance in Yugoslavia and crashed after running out
of fuel 6 December 1944. Aged 21. Native of Johannesburg, Transvaal,
South Africa. Son of Hendrik P. and Anna S. Lombard, of Clifton,
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| LONG |
Alan
James |
Sergeant
1311354, 69 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Martin Baltimore II, serial number AG742, when the
aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on a target in the
Messina Straits 10 January 1943. Aged 22. Native of Blaina, Monmouthshire.
Son of Isaac and Jane Long, of Blaina, Monmouthshire. Panel 8,
Column 2. |
| LONG |
Arthur
Bebbington |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/14874, 420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Zina,
Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE524, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Messina,
Sicily, 15 August 1943. Aged 23. Native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Son of John and Selina Marion Long; husband of Marie Long
(nee Carmichael). Panel 10, Column 1. |
| LONG |
Mervyn
Cyril Steward |
Flight
Lieutenant 50943, 300 (Polish) Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Faldingworth,
Lincolnshire, in an Avro Lancaster I, serial number PD383, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a trooping flight off
Corsica in bad weather while en route from Italy to United Kingdom
5 November 1945. Aged 23. Native of Fulham, London. Son of Cyril
Ernest and Agnes Elizabeth Long, of Fulham, London. Panel 18,
Column 1. |
| LONGMORE |
James
Henry |
Leading
Aircraftman 535291, 815 Squadron (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious),
Royal Air Force. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in
action at sea when the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious was
damaged during an enemy air raid when escorting a convoy east
of Sicily 10 January 1941. Aged 23. Native of Belfast, Co. Antrim,
Northern Ireland. Son of John M. and Jennie Longmore, of Belfast,
Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| LONSDALE |
Thomas |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) 112533, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number
W5401, when it was assumed that the aircraft had been shot down
by a Ju88 night fighter about 4 miles southwest Sousse during
a raid on Tunis Harbour 6 January 1943. Aged 30. Native of Bromborough,
Cheshire. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Lonsdale; husband of Marjorie
W. Lonsdale, of Bromborough, Cheshire. B.A. Hons. (Dunelm). Panel
6, Column 2. |
| LONSDALE |
Thomas
Peter |
Sergeant
1684579, 293 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based at Pomigliano, Italy, 24
September 1944. Aged 21. Native of Mirfield, Yorkshire. Son of
James and Hilda Gwendoline Lonsdale, of Mirfield, Yorkshire. Panel
15, Column 1. |
| LORDAN |
Petrus
Johannes |
[LORDAN
on CWGC and memorial, listed as JORDAN in other records] Second
Lieutenant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 36065V, 31 Squadron,
South African Air Force. Country of service South Africa. Killed
in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator
BVI, serial number KH158, when his aircraft was lost without trace
in bad weather during a sortie to drop supplies to partisans 12
miles northeast of Genoa, northern Italy between 12 October 1944
and 13 October 1944. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| LOTT |
Dennis
Harry Page |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 162250, 1435 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Falconara, Italy, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, when the
aircraft crashed near Vis Island in the Adriatic Sea in bad weather
when returning from a sortie over Yugoslavia 2 March 1945. Native
of Ealing, Middlesex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lott, of Ealing,
Middlesex; husband of Kathleen Lott. Panel 18, Column 1. |
| LOUW |
Petrus
Johannes Steinkamp |
Captain
(Pilot) 115437V, 242 (R.A.F.) Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Calenzena, Corsica, France, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial
number MH321, when his aircraft dived into the sea during a patrol,
cause unknown, 28 July 1944. Panel 17, Column 1. |
| LOVATT |
Kenneth |
Sergeant
1578014, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP131, when
the aircraft was lost during a mine laying sortie along the River
Danube between Groksi and Pancevo 2 July 1944. Aged 23. Son of
Joseph and Mary Lovatt. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| LOVE |
George |
Sergeant
611799, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke
Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number
W8416, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an escort
for shipping off the coast of Morocco 11 November 1942. Panel
4, Column 1. |
| LOVEGROVE |
Frederick
Thomas |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) NZ412889, 37 Squadron, Royal New Zealand
Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
HE898, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Arezzo marshalling yards about 25 miles northeast of Siena,
Italy, 27 January 1944. Aged 27. Son of Orient Ishmael Lovegrove
and Dorothy Amy Lovegrove; husband of Pearl Lovegrove. Panel 17,
Column 2. |
| LOVESY |
David
Kimberley |
Sergeant
1482488, 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Kairouan
West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, 7 August 1943. Aged
20. Native of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Son of Arthur
and Mary E. Lovesy, of Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Panel 8, Column 2. |
| LOVETT |
Stafford
William |
Flying
Officer 65570, 95 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Bathurst/Half Die, Gambia, in a Short Sunderland II, serial
number 6063, when the aircraft crashed into the sea about 400
miles southwest of Freetown, Sierra Leone, three of the crew survived,
31 March 1943. Aged 27. Native of South Woodford, Essex. Son of
William and Mabel Lovett, of Leytonstone, Essex; husband of Hilda
Lovett, of South Woodford, Essex. Panel 6, Column 2. |
| LOWE |
Alan |
Flight
Sergeant 1184741, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX576,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on a target
in Sicily 4 April 1943. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| LOWE |
Gordon
Albert |
Flight
Sergeant (Observer) R/69692, 18 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number Z7801. when the
aircraft was shot down by flak from an escorting destroyer when
attacking a convoy in the Gulf of Sidra during an anti-shipping
strike 5 November 1941. Aged 21. Native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Gordon Edwin and Ethel Rose Lowe, of Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Panel 2, Column 1. |
| LOWE |
John
Joseph |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 72001, 252 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter IC, serial number T3239, when
his aircraft was lost during a convoy patrol 10 May 1941. Aged
23. Native of Sharrington, Norfolk. Son of the Revd. Harold John
Lowe, M.A., and Bertha Nora Lowe, of Sharrington Rectory, Norfolk.
Panel 1, Column 1. See also Sharrington,
Norfolk |
| LOWE |
Walter
Hugh |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 61222, 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol belheim IV, serial number Z9578,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on shipping
in Tripoli Harbour, Libya, 9 July 1941. Aged 25. Native of Matlock,
Derbyshire. Son of Charles Walter and Alice Maud Lowe, of Matlock,
Derbyshire. Panel 1, Column 1. |
| LOWE |
William
Herbert |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1088734, 1575 (Special
Duties) Flight, 624 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
lof Blida, Algeria, in a Lockheed Ventura II, serial number AE881.
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a Special Operations
Executive (SOE) Special Operations sortie to Italy 7 September
1943. Aged 33. Son of William Sidney and Annie Lowe, of Manchester.
Panel 7, Column 2. |
| LOWRY |
James |
Warrant
Officer Class I (Pilot) R/78911, 185 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Krendi, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX, serial number
EN404. when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 into the sea
15 miles off the coast of Sicily during a sweep 2 July 1943. Aged
27. Native of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Annie Lowry;
husband of Pauline E. Lowry, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Panel
10, Column 2. |
| LUCAS |
Kenneth
Tudor Rodwell |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 411503, 37 Squadron, Royal
Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in
action flying out of Temmar, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
X, serial number HE756, when it was assumed that the aircraft
had been shot down over the target when dropping marker flares
during a raid on Syracuse, Sicily, 10 July 1943. Aged 24. Native
of West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Edgar Arthur
and Mary Evelyn Lucas, of West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
Diploma in Dairying (Hawkesbury). Panel 11, Column 2. |
| LUDGATER |
Arthur
Charles |
Flight
Sergeant 1333442, 420 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Zina, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HF459,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Capo
Peloro on the extreme northeastern tip of Sicily 13 August 1943.
Aged 21. Native of Woolwich, London. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Ludgater, of Woolwich, London. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| LUMMUS |
Harold |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 914263, 110 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Blenheim IV,
serial number Z9578, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on shipping in Tripoli Harbour, Libya, 9 July 1941.
Son of James and Ada Lummus. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| LUMSDEN |
William
Lister |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1347766, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder I, serial number
FK112, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an attack
on a convoy off Sardinia during an anti-shipping reconnaissance
3 June 1943. Aged 21. Native of Glasgow. Son of Robert and Jean
Lumsden, of Glasgow. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| LUXON |
Cecil
Henry |
Flying
Officer (Air Gunner) 152771, 624 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Blida, Algeria, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JN896, when the aircraft was lost over the sea between Barcelona
and Perpignan when returning from a Special Operations Executive
(SOE) Special Operation sortie Quincaille to Southern France 14
August 1944. Aged 22. Native of Whitton, Middlesex. Son of William
Henry and Cissie Luxon, of Whitton, Middlesex. Panel 13, Column
1. |
| LYLE |
George |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1022822, 172 Squadron attached to 458 Squadron but
also listed as 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number AD593,
when the aircraft was shot down by a fighter onto a beach at Cape
Bianci 13 miles southeast of Sciacca, Sicily during an anti-shipping
strike northeast of Ustica 27 April 1943. Panel 9, Column 1. |
| LYNDON-ADAMS |
Harry |
Pilot
Officer (Air Gunner) 175110, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Flying out of Regina,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number MF631, when his aircraft
was lost without trace during a raid on the marshalling yards
at Ferrara, Italy 3 September 1944. Aged 24. Native of Warwick,
Warwickshire. Son of St. John Lyndon-Adams and Kate Margaret Lyndon-Adams,
of Warwick. Panel 13, Column 2. |
| LYNN |
Robert
Grant |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 41041, 217 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of
service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta,
in a bristol Beaufort IIA, serial number AW342, when the aircraft
was lost during an attack on a convoy off Sfax, Tunisia, possibly
hit by a torpedo dropped by another aircraft, the rest of the
crew survived, 21 June 1942. Awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross (D.F.C.). Panel 2, Column 1. |
| LYON |
Kenneth
Brogden |
Flying
Officer (Navigator) J/25605, 150 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air
Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out
of Regina, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number LP204.
when the aircraft was lost during a raid on Pardubice, Czechoslovakia,
22 July 1944. Aged 27. Native of Thorndale, Ontario, Canada. Son
of W. H. and Mary Lyon, of Thorndale, Ontario, Canada. Panel 15,
Column 2. |
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