Leslie George Gunning
Service number
139201
Military unit
61 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
1 Bury Grove, St Heiler, Morden, London, England.
Date of birth
Date of death
03 Jan 1943 (19 years old)
Place of birth
Morden, London, England.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Son of William Walter and Lilian May Gunning, of 1 Bury Grove, St Heiler, Morden, London, England (Kennington, Oxfordshire, by the time the CWGC list was compiled).
Military history
3 January 1943 Lancaster W4769 61 Sqn Take off 17.21 RAF Syerston on a mission to Essen. Crashed inbound at Middenmeer Holland. 19.04 was witnessed descending fully ablaze before the bomb load exploded, killing all crew. No claims by fighter or Flak units, cause may have been mechanical or ordnance fault.
F/Sgt Raymond Bird
Sgt John Davis
P/O Harold Tickle
Sgt George Inglis
Sgt Robert Kee RCAF
Sgt Ronald Gait also killed.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
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