Samuel Leenoy Whitehead
Service number
R/109372
Military unit
207 Sqdn Royal Canadian Air Force
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Date of birth
Date of death
13 May 1943 (26 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
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Family history
Son of Samuel Robinson Whitehead and Anna Blanche Sorensen Whitehead, of Claresholm, Alberta, Canada.
Military history
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY 5. A. 10.
Duisburg
Lancaster I W4938 took off 0015 13 Mar 1943 from Langar. Crashed between Oberhausen and Sterkrade. No survivors. Fatalities: DWH Evans (P), SL Goodwin (FE), S Ogden (N), RC Meyer (W/Op), TH Skelton (AB), FA Alp (AG), SL Whitehead (AG)
Nine 207 Sqdn Lancasters from Langar were part of a 562 aircraft attack on Duisburg 13/5/1943 departing between 23.541 and 00.34.W4938 was lost on the final bomb run.
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