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Leonard Arthur Unwin

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Leonard Arthur Unwin

December 24, 1944
Barnefeld, Netherlands

Military Service

Service Number:

J/10393

Age:

27

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

263 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with Atlantic Clasp, France and Germany Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 23 January 1947.

Additional Information

Born:

January 2, 1917
Sheffield, England

Enlistment:

June 6, 1940
Windsor, Ontario

Son of James Arthur and Minnie (nee Gosnay) Unwin of Windsor, Ontario. Husband of Evelyn Marie (nee Paris) Unwin of Windsor, Ontario. Brother of Minnie and Cora.

Commemorated on Page 467 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WOUDENBERG GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Grave 180.

Location:

Woudenburg is a village and commune 22 kilometres east of Utrecht, and 9 kilometres south of Amersfoort. The cemetery is about 500 metres west of the village, on the south side of the road to Utrecht. In the eastern part are the graves of airmen from Canada and New Zealand. They are marked by private memorials.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Biography– Biographical information of Leonard A. Unwin, LAC, Ottawa.

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    Biography – Biographical information of Leonard A. Unwin, LAC, Ottawa.
  • Biography– Biographical information of Leonard A. Unwin, LAC, Ottawa.

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    Biography
    Biography – Biographical information of Leonard A. Unwin, LAC, Ottawa.
  • Letter– Letter to Mrs. Unwin, June 1945, LAC, Ottawa.

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    Letter – Letter to Mrs. Unwin, June 1945, LAC, Ottawa.
  • Circumstances of death registers– Circumstantial report of death, LAC, Ottawa.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Circumstantial report of death, LAC, Ottawa.
  • Photo of Leonard Unwin– Hit by flak in Typhoon RB335 near Barneveld and blew up.

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    Photo of Leonard Unwin – Hit by flak in Typhoon RB335 near Barneveld and blew up.
  • Group photo– This photo was taken in front of the Grace & Ben Schurman home at 181 Green Street in Summerside in 1941. Pictured is Ben, Grace, Doris Shover (another airman's wife), Evelyn & Leonard Unwin In front, Paul H Schurman and George R "Joey" Schurman. Sgt Unwin was doing his Pilot Training with the single engine Harvard aircraft at RCAF Station Summerside where he received his Wings .The Unwin's rented 2 upstairs rooms at the Schurman home as did Doris and her husband Marshall Shover.

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    Group photo
    Group photo – This photo was taken in front of the Grace & Ben Schurman home at 181 Green Street in Summerside in 1941. Pictured is Ben, Grace, Doris Shover (another airman's wife), Evelyn & Leonard Unwin In front, Paul H Schurman and George R "Joey" Schurman. Sgt Unwin was doing his Pilot Training with the single engine Harvard aircraft at RCAF Station Summerside where he received his Wings .The Unwin's rented 2 upstairs rooms at the Schurman home as did Doris and her husband Marshall Shover.
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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    Photo of Leonard Arthur Unwin
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    Photo of Leonard Arthur Unwin
  • Grave marker

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    Grave marker

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