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ALEXANDER, Leopold

Personal Information
Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Leopold Gordon
Surname Alexander
Gender M
Age 30
Decorations
Date of death 02-02-1943
Next of kin Son of Francis Leopold Alexander and Emily Jane Alexander (née Taylor), of Guildford, Surrey. Husband of Marjorie Winifred Alexander (née Green), whom he married in Gravesend in February 1941. Father of one son, born June 1943
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number ED440
Markings EA-L
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen
Grave Reference 18. D. 4..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 1
Enlistment information
Service Number 1311746
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 49
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Clover A J (Sgt)
Dunand E J F J (F/O)
Jackson R A (F/L)
Lane A W (P/O)
Magder H M (F/S)
Dunand E J F (F/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 02-02-1943
End Date 03-02-1943
Takeoff Station Fiskerton
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Köln
Reason for Loss Aircraft took off from Fiskerton at 1851 hrs detailed to attack targets in Koln. Reportedly shot down by a night fighter the aircraft crashing between Kessel and Helden (Limburg). Claimed by Maj Werner Streib of Stab1/NJG1 Kessel and Venlo area at 2113 hrs. Crew initially buried in Venlo Military Cemetery, reinterred on 22 October 1947.