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Leslie James Henry Whitbread

Flight Sergeant · 1437285 · United Kingdom

Died: 31 March 1944, aged 20
Fate: Killed in action

Biography

Not known

Burial / commemoration

Cemetery: Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom

Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)

748 others in this archive died on 31 March →

Timeline

30 March 1944 Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Mid-upper gunner, LL738 JI-D — Crashed outbound
31 March 1944 Died
aged 20

Crew & operations

Flew as Mid-upper gunner with No. 514 Squadron.

Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LL738 JI-D (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound

Crew: A D Hall (Bomb aimer) · Harry West (Flight engineer) · Llewellyn Selwyn Smith (Navigator) · Garth Stewart Hughes (Pilot) · George Henry Thornton (Rear gunner) · C J Goddard (Wireless operator)

Source: CWGC casualty record: WHITBREAD, LESLIE JAMES HENRY → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission