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DYE, Leslie

Personal Information
Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Leslie Richard
Surname Dye
Gender M
Age 21
Decorations
Date of death 27-06-1942
Next of kin Son of Albert Edward and Elizabeth Dye, of Fulham, London.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington III
Serial Number X3309
Markings JN-N
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 82..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 158
Enlistment information
Service Number 1283349
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 1
Squadron 150
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Adams D E C (F/S)
James I (Sgt)
Osborne D O (F/O)
Cobden G (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 27-06-1942
End Date 28-06-1942
Takeoff Station Snaith
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bremen. 144 aircraft in this second of three attacks in a week on this target. Gee was used to blind-bomb through complete cloud cover. Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery were hit for a second time, the first being the Thousand Radi two days earlier.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Uffz. Heinz Vinke and his WOp/AG, Karl Schödel, of 5./NJG2 on the out-bound leg and crashed into the IJsselmeer.