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WAKELY, Leo

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster X
Serial Number KB753
Markings VR-L
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Grave Reference 20. C. 7..
Epitaph IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 258
Enlistment information
Service Number J/93804
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 419 (Moose)
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-12-1944
End Date 30-12-1944
Takeoff Station Middleton St. George
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Scholven-Buer synthetic oil plant. 324 aircraft, 4 losses (1.2%). Thick cloud necessitated the use of Oboe sky-markers. Bombing was accurate and the refinery was badly damaged. The local report states that 300 high-explosive bombs fell in the compound. The local towns of Scolven and Buer was also hit and the nearby coal mine was damaged.
Reason for Loss Hit by flak and exploded, throwing clear the rear gunner, WO2 R G Rogers. Debris fell in the Essen area