West, Leo
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Leo |
Surname | West |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert William West, and of Kathlin West, of Wickford, Essex. His Brother Robert John West Also Fell. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington II |
Serial Number | Z8420 |
Markings | PH-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row B. Coll. grave 12-16. |
Epitaph | BLESSED ARE THEY WHO REST IN THE LORD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 114 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1256886 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/166/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-07-1942 |
End Date | 22-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (59% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by night fighter ace Oblt Ludwig Becker, one of his 46 victories, crashing at Spierdijk near Hoorn in northern Holland |