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.