Gleason, Lawrence Harry (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-February-13

Pilot Officer Lawrence Harry Gleason RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-March-26

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Home: Canora, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

458 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
We Find and Destroy

Base

RAF Shaluffa, Egypt

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/17063
Prev: R/87381

Mission

Wellington MK Vlll HX726

Bombing 1943-February-13 to 1943-February-13

458 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Luqa, Malta
458 Australian Squadron (We Find and Destroy). The pilot of Wellington aircraft HX 726 turned back from an operation because of engine trouble and overshot the landing. The aircraft crashed and caught fire in a quarry near the Luqa aerodrome, Malta. Casualties included RCAF W/O H.E. Stanley (wireless operator / air gunner), W/O II P.E.E. Brown (wireless operator / air gunner), Pilot Officer L.H. Gleason (pilot), Pilot Officer M.M. Kempton (observer); and RAFVR Sgt. E.A. Brown (second pilot).