Flight Sergeant Leonard Gordon Spear

Born: 1923
Pupil: 1938
Parents: Lt. Col Richard William Spear, C.I.E. O.B.E and Grace Spear
Address: Old Coulsdon, Surrey
Formerly 1 Haynes Road, Worthing
School Details: 1939 Oxford Junior Certificate ("Failed")
Military Details: Flew Lancasters from Ludford Magna. There were two raids on the night 12th/13th August. 17 Lancaster Bombers were lost in the raid on Brunswick and 13 Lancasters were lost in the raid on the Opel factory in Ruuselsheim.
Memorial: Durnbach War Cemetery
Bad tolz
Bayern
Germany C
oil, Grave 7. F. 18-22

This is an unusual collective grave given that the others are from other squadrons and one particular body is not only from a different squadron but also from a different date. This suggests that they may have died in various parts of Germany and buried together by the Army Graves Service.

 

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