Bonnett, Leonard Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Leonard Douglas |
Surname | Bonnett |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of James and Minnie Bonnett, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV966 |
Markings | BM-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row A. Grave 23. |
Epitaph | HE FOUGHT FOR THE CAUSE HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT. FOND MEMORIES KEEP HIM NEAR |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 133 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/86904 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 433 (Porcupine) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-06-1944 |
End Date | 15-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (35% moon) |
Operation | Cambrai- to attack railway facilities. Part of a 330 aircraft force to attack a number of railway installations in the general area around Normandy. All the targets were either cloud or haze covered and bombing was not especially concentrated as a result. Four aircraft Lost, including the Douai Master Bomber. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Saultain, SE of Valenciennes, France |