Collings, Leonard George
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Leonard George |
Surname | Collings |
Gender | M |
Age | 27 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sydney Hansford Collings and Florence Mabel Collings, of Southfields, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ756 |
Markings | KO-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 145. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 146 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 655677 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-03-1943 |
End Date | 13-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | East Wretham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 457 aircraft, 23 losses (5.0%). PFF marked using Oboe. Very accurate bombing over the Krupps factory. 500 homes also destroyed. German authorities also reported damage and deaths in neighbouring towns. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a Bf.110 night-fighter flown by Lt. Oskar Köstler of 10./NJG1 and crashed into the IJsselmeer |