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Son of Charles and Lillian M. Leonard, of Crowsnest, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
The Red Deer Advocate 26 April 1944
Flight and crew information from //lostbombers.co.uk
Halifax LW 692 of 420 Sqdn was airborne at 2113 on 20 Apr 44 from Tholthorpe to bomb the rail facilities at Lens, France. Shot down by Flak, crashing at St-Riquier-es-Plains (Seine- Maritime), 5 km NNE of Cany-Barville.
WO2 Wilson RCAF and Sgt Wheelhouse are now buried in Grandcourt War Cemetery, the others killed are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
P/O (P) R.G.Leonard age 22 from Crowsnest, B.C.
WO2 (BA) H.C.Wilson age 24 from Winnipeg, Man.
RAF Sgts P. F.Gough; A.Warren; C.J.Wheelhouse
RCAF Sgts J.H.I.F.Bourcier and Sgt R.A.Anderson survived and were interned in Camp L3.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Raymond Leonard and his fiance Dorothy Yous chalk in Coleman, Alberta approximately 1940
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard
Halifax LW692. Raymond is in the front row middle.
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The Red Deer Advocate 26 April 1944 Flight and crew information from //lostbombers.co.uk Halifax LW 692 of 420 Sqdn was airborne at 2113 on 20 Apr 44 from Tholthorpe to bomb the rail facilities at Lens, France. Shot down by Flak, crashing at St-Riquier-es-Plains (Seine- Maritime), 5 km NNE of Cany-Barville. WO2 Wilson RCAF and Sgt Wheelhouse are now buried in Grandcourt War Cemetery, the others killed are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. P/O (P) R.G.Leonard age 22 from Crowsnest, B.C. WO2 (BA) H.C.Wilson age 24 from Winnipeg, Man. RAF Sgts P. F.Gough; A.Warren; C.J.Wheelhouse RCAF Sgts J.H.I.F.Bourcier and Sgt R.A.Anderson survived and were interned in Camp L3.
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Raymond Leonard and his fiance Dorothy Yous chalk in Coleman, Alberta approximately 1940
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Halifax LW692. Raymond is in the front row middle.
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Page 364 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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