Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Leonard David Gosney
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Leonard David Gosney
January 2, 1944
Military Service
J/19457
21
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Frederick R. Gosney and Florence Gosney, of Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 319 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Germany
8. G. 17.
The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Cenotaph – Barrie Cenotaph -
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Street sign – Street named in honour of Pilot Office Leonard David Gosney with a poppy. -
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Memorial – 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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Memorial – Pilot Officer Leonard David Gosney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Leonard David Gosney is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondance – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Leonard David Gosney – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Attestation paper – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Annually, in about October and November, banners are displayed in Barrie, Ontario, to commemorate local war dead. Pictured here is a banner in memory of Pilot Officer Leonard Gosney. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2020.) -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Barrie Examiner c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Cemetery – Entrance sign to the Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cemetery – Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Cemetery – Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Grave Marker – Grave marker - Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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