Weir, Leslie George (Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1944-December-04
Birth Date: 1925
Born:
Parents: ROBERT AND MARY WEIR, OF GREENWICH, LONDON.
Spouse:
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
619 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ad Altiora To higher things
Base
Strubby
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Flight Engineer
Service Numbers
1894060
Target
Heilbronn Germany
Crew or Other Personnel
Lancaster LM751
Mission
Lancaster Mk.I/III LM751
Bombing Heilbronn Germany 1944-December-04 to 1944-December-04
619 (B) Sqn (RAF) Strubby
Took off from Strubby at 16:42 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: PG-X Bomber Command) on an operation to Heilbronn Germany
Shot down by a night fighter itand crashed at Baiersbronn about 7km NW of Freudenstadt.
Killed: Flying Officer Robert Harry Schaefer RCAF J/35883 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.33. Flying Officer Phillip Peter Awad RCAF J/39979 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.34-35. Sergeant John Lonsdale Swanson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.31. Flying Officer Frederick Leonard Meredith RCAF J/38814 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery crave 4.H.34-35, Sergeant Leslie George Weir RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.23.
Unknown: Sergeant J Ross Keilty RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Sergeant John E Nicholaiff RCAF R/number injured in crash POW camp not listed.
.Lancaster LM751 Mk.I/III - Bombing Heilbronn Germany - 1944-12-04 to 1944-12-04
Squadron: 619 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-12-04
Completion Date: 1944-12-04
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Heilbronn Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Strubby
Take Off Time: 16.42
Squadron Code: PG X
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City:
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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Took off from Strubby at 16:42 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: PG-X Bomber Command) on an operation to Heilbronn Germany
Shot down by a night fighter itand crashed at Baiersbronn about 7km NW of Freudenstadt.
Killed: Flying Officer Robert Harry Schaefer RCAF J/35883 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.33. Flying Officer Phillip Peter Awad RCAF J/39979 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.34-35. Sergeant John Lonsdale Swanson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.31. Flying Officer Frederick Leonard Meredith RCAF J/38814 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery crave 4.H.34-35, Sergeant Leslie George Weir RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4.H.23.
Unknown: Sergeant J Ross Keilty RCAF R/number POW camp not listed. Sergeant John E Nicholaiff RCAF R/number injured in crash POW camp not listed.
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