Kessler, Leslie Albert (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1944-December-06
Birth Date: 1912
Born:
Parents: Albert John and Henrietta Elzabeth Grace Kessler
Spouse: Morag Munro Kessler (née Scott)
Home: Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
487 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end
Base
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
175343
Target
Ruhr Germany
Crew or Other Personnel
Mosquito HR357
Mission
Mosquito FB.Mk VI HR357
Reconnaissance Ruhr Germany 1944-December-06 to 1944-December-06
487 () () B.87 Rosieres-en-Santerre, France
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutanga). Mosquito aircraft HR 357 did not return from a night intruder operation over the Ruhr, Germany. The navigator, not Canadian, missing believed killed.Mosquito HR357 FB.Mk VI - Reconnaissance Ruhr Germany - 1944-12-06 to 1944-12-06
Squadron: 487
Start Date: 1944-12-06
Completion Date: 1944-12-06
Mission: Reconnaissance
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Ruhr Germany
Target Specific:
Base: B.87 Rosieres-en-Santerre, France
Take Off Time: 22:05
Squadron Code: EG R
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: 2 km west of Huijbergen, Noord-Brabant
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutanga). Mosquito aircraft HR 357 did not return from a night intruder operation over the Ruhr, Germany. The navigator, not Canadian, missing believed killed.
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutanga). Mosquito aircraft HR 357 did not return from a night intruder operation over the Ruhr, Germany. The navigator, not Canadian, missing believed killed.
