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COLLINGS, Leonard

Personal Information
Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Leonard George
Surname Collings
Gender M
Age 27
Decorations
Date of death 13-03-1943
Next of kin Son of Sydney Hansford Collings and Florence Mabel Collings, of Southfields, London.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington III
Serial Number BJ756
Markings KO-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 145..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 146
Enlistment information
Service Number 655677
Service Royal Air Force
Group 3
Squadron 115
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Akrill W E (Sgt)
Fallon L P (Sgt)
Lamb C J J W (Sgt)
Moffatt C M (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 12-03-1943
End Date 13-03-1943
Takeoff Station East Wretham
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Essen. 457 aircraft, 23 losses (5.0%). PFF marked using Oboe. Very accurate bombing over the Krupps factory. 500 homes also destroyed. German authorities also reported damage and deaths in neighbouring towns.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a Bf.110 night-fighter flown by Lt. Oskar Köstler of 10./NJG1 and crashed into the IJsselmeer