Leo Erle Read
Flight Sergeant · 1218563 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 21
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany
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.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Other, ED619 GI-T — Crashed outbound -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 21
Crew & operations
Flew as Other with No. 622 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft ED619 GI-T (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: Daniel Joseph Laberge (Bomb aimer) · Everitt Franklyn Jarvis (Other) · John Allen McClean (Other) · Percy Newman (Other) · Joseph Francis Richardson (Other) · John Sutton (Other)
Source: CWGC casualty record: READ, LEO ERLE → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission