Willis, Leslie Robert
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Leslie Robert |
Surname | Willis |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 06-04-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert and Tracy Isabel Willis, of Langley, Buckinghamshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NN744 |
Markings | TC-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Steenwijkerwold (Kallenkote) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 2. Grave 4. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM |
Ribbon Stone | 0674 (Block 8, Column 12, Row 4) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 117 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1604003 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 170 |
Trade | Flight engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of Flt Sgt L.R. (Bob) Willis 170 Sqn |
Location | On A631, adjacent to former Main Gate, Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | "To see and not be seen" 170 Squadron Royal Air Force Bpmber Command Hemswell |
Miscellaneous Information
Died of his injuries in a German hospital near Steenwijk, Netherlands, on 6-4-45 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1097/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1097/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 21-02-1945 |
End Date | 22-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Hemswell |
Day/Night Raid | Night (77% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night fighter on February 21/22 1945 |