Wellstead, Leo Charles Raymond
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Leo Charles Raymond |
Surname | Wellstead |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | DFC, DFM, MiD |
Date of Death | 01-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Wellstead, of Winton, Bournemouth. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | PF411 |
Markings | M5-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bournmouth North Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. D.1. Row 8. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 262 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 133927 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 128 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Had already completed one tour of ops with 99 Sqn |
Mentioned in Despatches January 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/932/37 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/932/36 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 01-01-1945 |
End Date | 01-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Railway Tunnels. 17 Mosquitoes, all from 5 Group to bomb the entrances to railway tunnels in the area between the Rhine and Ardennes, in an effort to disrupt the German supply lines. Low level bombing with 4000lb bombs fitted with short delay fuzes. 14 tunnels were attacked in this raid for the loss of 2 Mosquitoes. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed due to engine failure |