Ketley, Leonard Arthur
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Leonard Arthur |
Surname | Ketley |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sidney Ketley and Mary Victoria Marguerite Ketley (née Stockley), of Ox Yard, Gosfield, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED423 |
Markings | VN-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot LL. Row 2. Grave 29. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 59 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1331427 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 18 December 1922, Wincanton. He had been posted into 97 Sqdn from 1660CU on 13 November 1942 and then to 50 Sqdn on 8 December 1942. No Ops on 97Sqdn. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/487/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-03-1943 |
End Date | 02-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (26% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Attacked on the return leg and then, later, attacked again and shot down by a night-fighter flown by Oblt. Manfred Meurer of 3./NJG1. Crashed at Ridderkerk nr. Rotterdam, Zuid Holland at 0044hrs, although this aircraft was also claimed by 3./Schw. Flak Abt. 665 at Ridderkerk at 0042hrs. |