Charles Grant Leatherdale
Pilot Officer · J/19073 · Canadian
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 23
- 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.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Bomb aimer, ND476 GT-V — Crashed outbound -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 23
Crew & operations
Flew as Bomb aimer with No. 156 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft ND476 GT-V (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: Stanley McConnell (Flight engineer) · Hugh McLauglin Donnelly (Mid-upper gunner) · William Patrick Hermon O'Neill (Navigator) · Finn Johnsen (Pilot) · Rolf Gunnar Karsmann (Rear gunner) · Gordon Elmy (Second pilot) · Kenneth Gardiner (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: LEATHERDALE, CHARLES GRANT → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission