Hogg, Leonard Hunter
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Leonard Hunter |
Surname | Hogg |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-10-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leo S. and Jessie T. Hogg, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ674 |
Markings | KW- Nobody's Baby |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 31. A. 1. |
Epitaph | FOR HIM NO SLOW DECLINING YEARS, NO LONG AND WEARY SPAN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 183 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/95085 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 425 (Alouette) |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed metal plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
Some sources show he was an American citizen but in fact he was Canadian |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-10-1944 |
End Date | 14-10-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Duisburg. 1013 aircraft on Operation Hurricane- to demonstrate to the enemy the overwhelming air superiority of both Bomber Command and the US 8th Air Force. RAF fighters provided an escort. 957 bombers dropped 3574 tons of high explosives and 820 tons of incendiaries. 14 aircraft were lost (1.4%). By comparison, the US 8th Air Force despatched 1251 and 749 fighters with more than 1000 dropping their bomb load on Köln. 5 bombers and 1 fighter lost. No enemy fighters were seen on either raid. |
Reason for Loss | Hit in the starboard wing by flak shortly after released their bomb load. Although the shell passed through the wing without exploding, the wing caught light. The pilot dived in an attempt to put out the fire without success., after which he reduced the air speed and ordered the crew to bale out but not all of the crew were able to oblige. P/O Hogg was amongst those who were able to escape but his parachute failed to open and, although still alive when the German authorities located him, he died before they were able to get him to hospital. F/O Butler's body was found in the same field as the aircraft crashed and the bodies of P/O Eade and P/O Crabtree remained in the aircraft until it was excavated. |