Titof, Leon Abraham (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-October-18

Pilot Officer Leon Abraham Titof RCAF

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Son of David A and Fanny Titof, of Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Flin Flon, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly

Base

RAF Bardney

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/26842

Home

Flin Flon, Manitoba

Target

Hanover Germany

Temporary Burial

Hannover Civil Cemetery, Hannover, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

CWG Cemetery
5 A 4

9 Squadron RAF (Per Noctem Volamus) RAF Bardney. Lancaster BIII aircraft ED 499 WS-X "Panic II" missing during an operation over Hannover, Germany, shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Hoffmann of the Stab I/NJG 5, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Stendal airfield, Germany. The Lancaster crashed near Isernhagen, Niedersachsen, Germany with the loss of the entire crew

Pilot Officer LA Titof (RCAF), Pilot Officer HJ Gould (RCAF), Sergeant SG Barlegs (RAFVR), Sergeant N Beer (RAFVR), Sergeant OWD Hodges (RAFVR) and Flying Officer SD Smith (RAFVR) were all killed in action

FS JW Grain (RAFVR) was missing, presumed killed in action. FS Grain has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

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