Leech, Lawrence Malcolm
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Lawrence Malcolm |
Surname | Leech |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 16-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sidney Charles and Clara Leech, of McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | Z8951 |
Markings | BU- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot JJ. Grave 51. |
Epitaph | TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END. HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE'S FRIEND |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 198 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/5490 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-04-1942 |
End Date | 16-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Dortmund- thick cloud and icing meant that the equivalent of only 8 aircraft loads of bombs hit target, despite 152 sorties |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been shot down by a night-fighter and crashed east of Eindhoven |