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Sergeant Leonard Herbert “Len” Pitt

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Sergeant Leonard Herbert “Len” Pitt

Birth
Greater London, England
Death
11 Nov 1941
Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
Burial
Marham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England Add to Map
Plot
War Graves Plot. Grave 7.
Memorial ID
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1941 Dec Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Pitt, Leonard H---Age: 25
District: Wayland [Vol & Page: 4b & 481]

115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (X3394) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was on a training flight when it crashed in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant John Leslie Louvain ARTHUR,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Ernest DEW,
RAFVR Sergeant Gordon David Hankinson DUTTON,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Cooper KNOTT,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Harold Sidney MELLOWS,
RAF Sergeant Robert Owen NEWBURY and
RCAF Sergeant Leonard Herbert PITT.

From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial—
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: R/10286
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron

A tailor by trade, residing on Woodbine Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 8 Sept 1939 in Toronto.

Son of Thomas Pitt of Woodbine Avenue.

Sergeant Leonard Herbert Pitt is commemorated on Page 41 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
1941 Dec Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Pitt, Leonard H---Age: 25
District: Wayland [Vol & Page: 4b & 481]

115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (X3394) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was on a training flight when it crashed in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant John Leslie Louvain ARTHUR,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Ernest DEW,
RAFVR Sergeant Gordon David Hankinson DUTTON,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Cooper KNOTT,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Harold Sidney MELLOWS,
RAF Sergeant Robert Owen NEWBURY and
RCAF Sergeant Leonard Herbert PITT.

From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial—
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: R/10286
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron

A tailor by trade, residing on Woodbine Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 8 Sept 1939 in Toronto.

Son of Thomas Pitt of Woodbine Avenue.

Sergeant Leonard Herbert Pitt is commemorated on Page 41 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142643020/leonard_herbert-pitt: accessed ), memorial page for Sergeant Leonard Herbert “Len” Pitt (unknown–11 Nov 1941), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142643020, citing Marham Cemetery, Marham, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).