DAMBUSTERS Plishka, Leonard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Plishka ​

• FORENAME

Leonard ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. ​

• RANK

Pilot Officer ​

• NUMBER

J/17388 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

18th November 1943 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Runnymede Memorial,Surrey,England Panel 177 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Myrnam,Alberta,Canada​

born 25.12.1917 Myrnam,Alberta,Canada​

father Mykyta Plishka (1875-1955)​

mother Horpyna (nee Lypowyj) Plishka (1877-1958) of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada​

215 Squadron​

617 Squadron 4.8.1943​

navigator-air bomber​

Lancaster ED735​

Transit from Rabat,Morocco​

ditched off Portugal,Bay of Biscay - last heard from 0555 hours ​