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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 21245" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Smith </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Leonard James </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>148 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flight Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1335857 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4th July 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>22 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Belgrade War Cemetery,Yugoslavia Coll.grave 1.E.1-7 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 12.9.1921 West Ham,London</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of James and Margaret Victoria Elizabeth (nee Ebsworth) Smith,Tilbury,Essex (married 1921)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Ethel Annie (nee Percy) Smith,Coventry (married 10.9.1943)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>architect training at college</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed by British Bata Shoe Company 9.3.1936</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAFVR May 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>groundcrew</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Aerial Gunnery School,Pembury (passed out 9.5.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 OTU,Lossiemouth until 26.7.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>X Flight,Egypt</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>148 Squadron January 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>air gunner</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Halifax JP292</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE Op. 401C</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>shot down near Sombor,Yugoslavia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>by Oblt Johannes Krause of 6/NJG101 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Tilbury War Memorial,Essex</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-smith.26283/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/26/26283-db99f87b508c7cbdf2605d0919e52aa0.jpg?1591433454" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-smith.26284/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/26/26284-6eb76087daa8523e165d08cd543d4fb1.jpg?1591433454" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 21245, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Smith [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Leonard James [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]148 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Flight Sergeant [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]1335857 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]4th July 1944 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]22 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Belgrade War Cemetery,Yugoslavia Coll.grave 1.E.1-7 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 12.9.1921 West Ham,London[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of James and Margaret Victoria Elizabeth (nee Ebsworth) Smith,Tilbury,Essex (married 1921)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]husband of Ethel Annie (nee Percy) Smith,Coventry (married 10.9.1943)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]architect training at college[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]employed by British Bata Shoe Company 9.3.1936[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]RAFVR May 1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]groundcrew[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1 Aerial Gunnery School,Pembury (passed out 9.5.1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1 OTU,Lossiemouth until 26.7.1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]X Flight,Egypt[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]148 Squadron January 1944[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]air gunner[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Halifax JP292[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]SOE Op. 401C[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]shot down near Sombor,Yugoslavia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]by Oblt Johannes Krause of 6/NJG101 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Tilbury War Memorial,Essex[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-smith.26283/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/26/26283-db99f87b508c7cbdf2605d0919e52aa0.jpg?1591433454[/IMG][/URL] [URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-smith.26284/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/26/26284-6eb76087daa8523e165d08cd543d4fb1.jpg?1591433454[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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