Curtis, Leslie Harold
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Leslie Harold |
Surname | Curtis |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-02-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Roberts Curtis and Daisy Edith Curtis (née Johnson), of Bowerdean Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ED309 |
Markings | KM-S |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 146. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 26 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1313229 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 44 (Rhodesia) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Chad's Church, Dunholme, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. who served at R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge May 1943 - Sept. 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served R.A.F. Spilsby in 44 (Rhodesia) Sqd. Sept 1944 - July 1945 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Pillar |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served with 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. "We will remember them" |
Miscellaneous Information
Born December 1921. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/450/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/450/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-02-1943 |
End Date | 08-02-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (12% moon) |
Operation | Lorient |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Waddington in the early evening detailed to attack targets at Lorient. Shot down by flak from 1. & 2./Schw.Flak Abt.671, 1./Schw.Flak Abt.677 and of 1V Marine Flak Brigade. Crashed into the sea off Lorient at 20.24hrs. |