Leese, Robert Gibson

Killed in Action 1943-10-02

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Son of Robert Vernon Leese and Mary Adeline Leese, of Powell River, British Columbia.

Home: Powell River, British Columbia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

15 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/18774
Prev: R/74990

Home
Google MapPowell River, British Columbia
First Burial
Google MapAlamein War Memorial, Egypt
15 Sqn SAAF (Aim Sure) Landing Ground 07, The crew of Baltimore IIIa aircraft FA 360 failed to return from a photo reconnaissance operation off the north coast of Crete. Pilot Officer RG Leese (RCAF), Pilot Officer DT Randall (RCAF), Lt FO Griffin (SAAF) and Lt AA Lewin (SAAF) were killed. Pilot Officer Leese has no known grave and is commemorated on the Alamein War Memorial. Pilot Officer Leese was brother of Pilot Officer WH Leese (RCAF), 15 Sqn RAF, killed 1944-12-18

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Baltimore FA360

Pilot Officer Leese, Robert Gibson (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-October-02
Alamein War Memorial, Egypt

Pilot Officer Randall, Donald Thompson (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-October-02
Alamein War Memorial, Egypt

Martin Baltimore

A Royal Air Force Martin Baltimore IV/V bomber. Most aircraft were delivered to Commonwealth countries, a few were kept in the U.S. under the USAAF designation A-30.
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The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II.Wikipedia

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