Foster, Leslie
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Leslie |
Surname | Foster |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Thomas Foster and Josephine Lucy Foster (née Burndred), of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | R5728 |
Markings | VN-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Braine-Le-Comte Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | II. C. 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 36 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/16685 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Cemetery, Chemin des Dix Maisons, Brain-le-Comte, Hainaut Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Stone memorial with mounted metal plaques and crew photos |
Memorial Text | Ici reposent les corps des brave tombes en terre etrangere en service commande les insdumis a leurs glorieux camarades |
Miscellaneous Information
Leslie was born on 25 January 1921 at Edmonton, Alberta. His father worked as a Guard and both he and his mother were born in England. He had two brothers Lawrence and Thomas. The schools he attended were Holm School 1928-1935 and again 1935-1938. The sports he enjoyed taking part in were baseball, swimming and skating. Leslie was a farm labourer during 1938 for S. MacGregor, of Pibroch, Alberta. During 1940 he was employed at the Alberta Box Company in the lumberyard and also during 1940 as a roofing contractor for S. March. |
He enlisted on 14 November 1940 and after training was posted to the U.K. He embarked from Canada on 22 September 1941, arriving at 3 PRC on 7 October 1941. He then continued to 20 OTU on 4 November 1941, 27 OTU 6 January 1942, 25 OTU 29 January 1942, 420 Squadron 26 May 1942 and 50 Squadron 20 June 1942. Sadly Leslie was then to lose his life a few weeks later on 30 July 1942. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-07-1942 |
End Date | 30-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Swinderby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (93% moon) |
Operation | Saarbrucken |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Reinhold Eckardt 7./NJG3) and crashed 0330 at Braine-le- Comte 6 Km NE of Soignies Belgium. |