Herbert Leonard Heason
Service number
1575948
Military unit
83 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
9, Stewart Place, Pym Street, St Ann's Nottingham
Date of birth
18 May 1921
Date of death
13 Aug 1944 (23 years old)
Place of birth
Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies
He was a gas fitter.
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Family history
He was the son of Leonard and Florence Heason of 9, Stewart Place, Pym Street, St Ann's, Nottingham.
Military history
Hanover War Cemetery Coll grave 4 D 1-5 S
Lancaster III PB240 took off 21.10 12 Aug 1944 from Coningsby. All are buried in Hannover War Cemetery. No survivors. Fatalities: Heason + Ronald Alfred Barringer, Dennis Maurice Beck, John Frederick James Greig, Clarence Victor Plant, Charles Anthony Roberts and Eric Water Yon=ung.
242 Lancasters and 137 Halifaxes attacked Brunswick. 17 Lancs and 10 Halifaxes (7.1% of the force) were lost. 83 Sqdn supplied 9 aircraft of which 3 were lost. (83 Sqdn's ORB [TNA Air27/688/16]). 99 German civilians were killed during this raid.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Herbert Leonard Heason
Nottingham Evening Post 14/4/1945