Hutchinson, Leslie John Harry
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Leslie John Harry |
Surname | Hutchinson |
Gender | M |
Date of Death | 25-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward Leslie and Beatrice Mabel Hutchinson, of Southend-On-Sea, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ME628 |
Markings | KM-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bellencombre Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave. |
Epitaph | THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 53 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1874082 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 44 (Rhodesia) |
Squadron Motto | Fulmina regis iusta (The king's thunderbolts are righteous) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Canwick Avenue, Lincoln LN4 2HQ |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of F/S Les (Hutch) Hutchinson 625 Sqn 1944 |
Location | Dunholme Lodge Farm, Dunholme, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Pillar with Inscribed Stone Tablet & Metal Lancaster Sculpture |
Memorial Text | R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge In memory of those who served here 1942 - 1946 |
Location | William Farr School, Welton, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Information Board |
Memorial Text | Site of RAF Dunholme Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
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
Lancaster I ME628 KM-V RAF Dunholme Lodge at 22.35 hrs to destroy a flying bomb site at Pommerval – a total of 739 aircraft were taking part on this night to bomb various flying bomb locations. The reports regarding the success or not of these raids were becoming increasingly difficult as they had by now been attacked many times and the sites were full of craters. The operation was carried out on a clear moonlit night and so with the help of the effective searchlight units many aircraft were destroyed by night fighters, 22 Lancasters were lost. ME628 was brought down near Bellencombe, Seine-Maritime. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/451/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/451/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-06-1944 |
End Date | 25-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Dunholme Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (17% moon) |
Operation | Pommerval V1 site |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Bellencombre |