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ADLAM, Leonard

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V
Serial Number T4171
Markings GE-O
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Farnborough Cemetery
Grave Reference Sec. 4. Grave 21..
Epitaph IN PROUD AND BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND SERGEANT PILOT LEONARD F.P. ADLAM R.A.F.V.R. WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ENGLAND 21ST OCTOBER 1940 AGED 25 YEARS. "THROUGH TRIALS TO THE STARS"
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number 745662
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 58
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 20-10-1940
End Date 21-10-1940
Takeoff Station Linton-on-Ouse
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Skoda armaments facility at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia
Reason for Loss Successful raid but became the first victim of a Luftwaffe intruder over England, crashing in the Cleveland Hills near Ingleby Greenhow