RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Smith, Leonard James

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Smith ​

• FORENAME

Leonard James ​

• UNIT

148 Squadron (R.A.F.V.R.) ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1335857 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

4th July 1944 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Belgrade War Cemetery,Yugoslavia Coll.grave 1.E.1-7 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 12.9.1921 West Ham,London​

son of James and Margaret Victoria Elizabeth (nee Ebsworth) Smith,Tilbury,Essex (married 1921)​

husband of Ethel Annie (nee Percy) Smith,Coventry (married 10.9.1943)​

architect training at college​

employed by British Bata Shoe Company 9.3.1936​

RAFVR May 1941​

groundcrew​

1 Aerial Gunnery School,Pembury (passed out 9.5.1943​

1 OTU,Lossiemouth until 26.7.1943​

X Flight,Egypt​

148 Squadron January 1944​

air gunner​

Halifax JP292​

SOE Op. 401C​

shot down near Sombor,Yugoslavia​

by Oblt Johannes Krause of 6/NJG101 ​

Tilbury War Memorial,Essex​

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