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WILTSHIRE L
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WILTSHIRE, Leslie

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling I
Serial Number N6082
Markings OJ-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Wonseradeel (Makkum) Protestant Churchyard
Grave Reference Row N. Coll. grave 37..
Epitaph DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF MABS. OF SUCH AS THESE MAY WE EVER FEEL PROUD
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 267
Enlistment information
Service Number 562956
Service Royal Air Force
Group 3
Squadron 149 (East India)
Trade Flight Engineer
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-06-1942
End Date 30-06-1942
Takeoff Station Lakenheath
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bremen. 253 aircraft with Germany reporting extensive damage to Focke-Wulf and the AG Weser U-boat shipyard plus other infrastructure. 11 aircraft lost
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near to Bolsward, Holland