Dwan, Leonard Stanley
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Leonard Stanley |
Surname | Dwan |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Charles and Lily Sarah Dwan, of Rotherhithe, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV792 |
Markings | NP-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 228. |
Epitaph | HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 158 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1335418 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Miscellaneous Information
158 Squadron Lost six Halifaxes on this raid |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-06-1944 |
End Date | 03-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night Raid | Night (85% moon) |
Operation | Trappes- to bomb the railway yards. 128 aircraft, 16 losses (12.5%). Most of the bombing fell in the eastern portion of the target area |
Reason for Loss | Attacked by a night-fighter (Ju 88) on return leg, tearing a large hole in the fuselage and setting light to the aircraft. It is thought that three of the crew fell out of the hole and although Sgt L Cotterell and Sgt K L G Le Heup survived (the former evading capture and the latter becoming a PoW), Sgt Dwan's body was never found |