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Pilot Officer Douglas William Lennard

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Pilot Officer Douglas William Lennard Veteran

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
6 Oct 1942 (aged 30)
Uelsen, Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Burial
Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
24. B. 3.
Memorial ID
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Douglas William Lennard, Son of William Alfred and Ethel Elizabeth Lennard; husband of Sybil Victoria Lennard, of Dawlish, Devon. Douglas was served with the RAF in WWII and he lost his life when his plane, Wellington - BK313 115 Squadron crashed near Uelsen-Nordhorn Germany...

Takeoff at 19:01 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Osnabrück in Niedersachsen.

The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Krause, Unteroffizier Otto Zinn & Unteroffizier Fritz Specht of the Stab I./NJG 3.
Crew:
Pilot Officer Robert Lewis ALBERY (125994) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 2.
Sergeant James HOCKENHULL (655228) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 6.
Pilot Officer Douglas William LENNARD RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 3.
Sergeant Robert Cecil LOOMBE (656393) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 5.
Flying Officer Leonard Ian SMITH (J/10310) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 4.

The five crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Douglas William Lennard, Son of William Alfred and Ethel Elizabeth Lennard; husband of Sybil Victoria Lennard, of Dawlish, Devon. Douglas was served with the RAF in WWII and he lost his life when his plane, Wellington - BK313 115 Squadron crashed near Uelsen-Nordhorn Germany...

Takeoff at 19:01 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Osnabrück in Niedersachsen.

The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Krause, Unteroffizier Otto Zinn & Unteroffizier Fritz Specht of the Stab I./NJG 3.
Crew:
Pilot Officer Robert Lewis ALBERY (125994) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 2.
Sergeant James HOCKENHULL (655228) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 6.
Pilot Officer Douglas William LENNARD RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 3.
Sergeant Robert Cecil LOOMBE (656393) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 5.
Flying Officer Leonard Ian SMITH (J/10310) RAF KIA Ref : 24. B. 4.

The five crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Gravesite Details

123286 Pilot Officer (W.Op.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Age: 30.


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