Tyrrell, Leslie Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Leslie Frederick |
Surname | Tyrrell |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 07-03-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick George and Mercy Rose Tyrrell (née Wyatt), of Banbury, Oxfordshire. Husband of Joan Tyrell (née Tessdale) - married June 1944 in Banbury. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | PD268 |
Markings | SR-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 277. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | Please ask in Centre |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 109 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1607381 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 101 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | The crew of ABC Lancaster PD268 SR-O 101 Sqn 7 March 1945 Together and at Peace |
Location | St. Mary & St. Peter's Church, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Sqn Standard & Roll of Honour in wooden bookcase |
Memorial Text | In memory of 101 Squadron 1943-45 based at RAF Ludford Magna |
Location | Village Centre, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Pillar & Brass plaque on adjacent bench |
Memorial Text | In memory of 101 Squadron 1943-45 based at RAF Ludford Magna |
Location | The White Hart PH, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal on external wall of PH |
Memorial Text | In memory of the men and women of 101 Squadron 1943-45 |
Location | The National Aboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Monument |
Memorial Text | This memorial is dedicated to all those who served on 101 Squadron, and honours those who made the ultimate sacrifice. We will remember you. |
Miscellaneous Information
The wreckage of Lancaster PD268 was found 2013-14 when Horst Klötzer, a German aviation archeologist, excavated the aircrafts wreckage in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Ernest Mahr, younger brother of the specialist operator Rudolf Mahr has since visited the site, where a plaque now marks the exact location of the crash. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/804/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/804/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-03-1945 |
End Date | 08-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Ludford Magna |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Dessau- jet engine factory supplying Junkers |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft on ABC duties and was lost without trace with a crew of eight. The crash site was located near Dortmund some seventy years after the crash by a German archeologist. |