Hunt, Leslie William (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1943-July-04

Flight Lieutenant Leslie William Hunt RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of Arthur and Louisa Hunt; husband of Mavis M. Hunt, of Horsell, Surrey.

Spouse: Husband of Mavis M. Hunt, of Horsell, Surrey.

Home: Loreburn, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

15 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure

Base

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/17251

Home
Google MapLoreburn, Saskatchewan
Temporary Burial
Google MapMenden

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
Coll grave 14 A 2-7

15 Squadron (Aim Sure). Stirling aircraft BK 648 was shot down sixteen miles south-east of Dortmund, Germany at Menden during operations against Cologne, Germany. Six of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed.

This was Flight Lieutenant Hunt's 24th mission when lost. His plane was the only Stirling brought down that night, he was the victim of Feldwebel Hans Muller's FW 190, this was the first action for JG 300 squadron Wilde Sau night fighters, whose tactics first employed daytime single seat fighters in night time operations. For Muller's account of his victory, see "Jagdeschwader 300; Wilde Sau" by J.Y. Lorant and R. Goyat, Eagle Editions Ltd. Hamilton, Montana, 2005 pg. 26-28. (Source David Hill)

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)