Leonard Alfred Standen, was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington X3750 115 Squadron crashed Strabrechtse heide, Heeze, Noord-Brabant Holland...
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 8 km east of Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:06.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:943590 Sgt John Horace Fletcher - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Observer:1256392 Sgt John Ingram Morris - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67269 Flt Sgt George William Roney RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:910440 Sgt Leonard Alfred Charles Standen Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/78076 Flt Sgt William Elliott Brown RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 8 km east of Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:06.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:943590 Sgt John Horace Fletcher - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Observer:1256392 Sgt John Ingram Morris - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67269 Flt Sgt George William Roney RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:910440 Sgt Leonard Alfred Charles Standen Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/78076 Flt Sgt William Elliott Brown RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Leonard Alfred Standen, was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Wellington X3750 115 Squadron crashed Strabrechtse heide, Heeze, Noord-Brabant Holland...
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 8 km east of Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:06.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:943590 Sgt John Horace Fletcher - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Observer:1256392 Sgt John Ingram Morris - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67269 Flt Sgt George William Roney RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:910440 Sgt Leonard Alfred Charles Standen Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/78076 Flt Sgt William Elliott Brown RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 8 km east of Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:06.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:943590 Sgt John Horace Fletcher - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Observer:1256392 Sgt John Ingram Morris - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67269 Flt Sgt George William Roney RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:910440 Sgt Leonard Alfred Charles Standen Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/78076 Flt Sgt William Elliott Brown RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
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