Military service
Service number:
R/213609
Age:
27
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 (Moose) Squadron
Death:
November 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. H. Row C. Grave 12.
Additional information
Son of Leslie and Rose Toth. Husband of Adeline V. Toth, of Kipling, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
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Photo of Leslie Toth
Leslie Toth of Kipling Saskatchewan was a mid-upper gunner on a Lancaster bomber (KB785/VR-Y), and a member of 419 (Moose) Squadron. His aircraft caught fire while on a training mission near Sedgefield, County Durham, England on November 24, 1944 and crashed killing all 7 members on board. -
Photo of LESLIE WILFRED TOTH
F/Sgt. Leslie W Toth This photo, taken from his pers file in Ottawa, shows him as he looked just before the crash. Source: Library and Archives Canada via Robert Whitehouse -
clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Bio
From the Manitoba/Northern Ontario Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Books. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
The Toronto Star, January 4, 1945, page 30 -
Court of Inquiry (Page 1)
Court of Inquiry into the Crash of Lancaster KB785 These four pages of the investigation into this crash came to the conclusion that the pilot, Mansfield, confused the Cold Air Intake handle for the engines with the handle for the Fuel Dump Switches. The fuel switches failed to function fully and gasoline entered the aircraft and ignited. Sixteen witnesses were called by the Board and there were conflicting statements that the Court had to resolve. Please read all four pages to understand the loss of this crew because of lack of training and experience. Please note that after this crash, all of the Fuel Dump Switches for these aircraft were is disabled on orders from the Officer Commanding 6 Group, Bomber Command. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG24 Vol 28179 (Mansfield, RG) via Robert W. Whitehouse -
Court of Inquiry (Page 2)
Court of Inquiry pg 2<P> Source: Library and Archives Canada RG24 Vol 28179 (Mansfield, RG) via Robert W. Whitehouse -
Court of Inquiry (Page 3)
Court of Inquiry pg 3<P> Source: Library and Archives Canada RG24 Vol 28179 (Mansfield, RG) via Robert W. Whitehouse -
Court of Inquiry (Page 4)
Court of Inquiry pg 4<P> Source: Library and Archives Canada RG24 Vol 28179 (Mansfield, RG) via Robert W. Whitehouse -
Memorial Plaque
This is the Plaque dedicated to Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth and his crew unveiled during a ceremony on June 19, 1994 in Sedgefield, County Durham England. -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.<br>The lady in this picture is standing in front of gravestone of Flight Sergeant Leslie Toth. The adjacent headstones are for the remaining members of the aircrew: John Murphy, George Warren-Darley, Richard Mansfield, Douglas Gunn, Allan Hirst, and Derrick Newland (RAF). -
Gravestone at Harrogate Cemetery
The Gravestone of Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfrid Toth, 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force who died in England in 1944 and is buried at Harrogate Cemetery in Yorkshire England.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 464 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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