Landridge, Leslie Keith
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Leslie Keith |
Surname | Landridge |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick and Flora Margaret Landridge, of Brighton, South Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | DV396 |
Markings | PO-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hotton War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | III. E. 1. |
Epitaph | "HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT" |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 61 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 429972 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 467 (Australian) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Rue Vriex Prez, La Reid, Liege Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Memorial stone, aircraft parts & inscribed metal plaques |
Memorial Text | AUX HEROS DE LA R.A.A.F. TOMBES POUR NORTE LIBERATION LE 2 NOVEMBRE 1944. REAR GUNNER W.J. LEMIN, FLIGHT OFFICER L.K. LANDRIDGE |
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour remembering all 467 (RAAF) Sqn personnel who failed to return from Ops at RAF Bottesford |
Location | SHQ, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | External Clock & Internal inscribed Brass Plaque |
Memorial Text | A commemorative clock in memory of the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served at RAF Waddington during WW2 |
Location | Bar Lane, Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Clock and inscribed Wooden Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial clock to the members of 463 and 467 Sqns RAAF who served with Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1977/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1931/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-11-1944 |
End Date | 03-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (92% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf |
Reason for Loss | On the way back home shot down by a night fighter. Crashed at the farm "“Ferme-du-Vieux-Pré” between La Reid and Spa (Belgium). |