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Flt.Sgt. Leslie Powis
Royal Air Force 76 Squadron
from:Islington London
(d.12th Aug 1944)
Leslie Powis was my Mum's brother. He joined up after his best buddy was killed along with all his family when his home in Barnsbury Road, Islington, London was hit by a bomb. There is still a green area where the house once stood.
He was lost on 12th August 1944 at 21:44 while flying from RAF Holme on Spalding Moor to Russelheime Opal motor works. He was shot down at Quint Germany near the French- Luxembourg border.
He was flying a halifax MkIII Serial# LW695
The crew on that fateful night were.
Flight Lt. O. R 'Ron' Cramer Pilot (Kiwi) commemorated on the Runneymede memorial, Surrey, England.
Flight Sgt. O. Thomas buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery 8.G.19, Germany.