Gillingham, Leslie Frederick (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-December-20

Male Head

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of Percy Frederick and Alice Louise Gillingham, of Winchester

Spouse:

Home: Winchester, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

Holme-on-Spalding Moor

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

1336396

Home
Google MapWinchester, England
Target
Google MapFrankfurt Germany
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 136

476 Squadron (Resolute) RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. Halifax aircraft LK 926 MP-C was shot down by marine flak off Castricum, Holland returning from a night operation over Frankfurt, Germany

The Halifax crashed into the North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee island, Zuid-Holland

FS LF Gillingham (RAFVR) was missing, presumed killed in action

FS Gillingham has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax LK926

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Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Leslie Frederick Gillingham RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Gillingham, Leslie Frederick (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant John Alexander Lamb RNZAF

Flight Sergeant Lamb, John Alexander (RNZAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Castricum Protestant Churchyard, Noor-Holland, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant Charles William Matthews RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Matthews, Charles William (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant David Stuart McClelland RCAF

Flight Sergeant McClelland, David Stuart (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Flight Sergeant Lorin James Sheean RAAF

Flight Sergeant Sheean, Lorin James (RAAF)
Wireless/Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sergeant Ronald Frederick Taylor RAFVR

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Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-December-20
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK