Welham, Leonard Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Leonard Charles |
Surname | Welham |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Wilfred Horace and Kathleen Elizabeth Welham, of Brighton, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB200 |
Markings | OF-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Clichy Northern Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 16. Row 13. Coll. grave 3. |
Epitaph | EX UMBRIS ET IMAGINIBUS IN VERITATEM (Latin: Out of shadows and phantasms into the truth) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 113 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1396473 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Miscellaneous Information
His brother also died in 1942 in BC service. Service number 751432 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/768/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-11-1944 |
End Date | 11-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (21% moon) |
Operation | Night training sortie over Allied occupied France to test LORAN |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Cemay-en-Dormois, France |