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Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Leslie Cormac Maunsell

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Flight Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Leslie Cormac Maunsell

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
26 May 1943 (aged 23–24)
Melderslo, Horst aan de Maas Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Burial
Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands GPS-Latitude: 51.8223028, Longitude: 5.8292806
Plot
24. A. 4.
Memorial ID
13827293 View Source

Leslie Cormac Maunsell, Son of Leslie Beauchamp Maunsell and Catherine Jane Maunsell, of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand.. Leslie was served with the RNZAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Lancaster W4998 100 Squadron crashed at Melderslo, Horst aan de Maas, Limburg Holland.....

Hit by the 1., 3. & 4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591.

Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: HW-J
Takeoff time: 23:54
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. A.T.W. Moore 413106 RNzAF Jonkerbos 24 A 8
Flight engineer W/O J.S. Wilkins 940090 RAF Survived POW
Navigator Sgt. D.C. Stone 1451978 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 6
Bomb aimer F/Lt. S.W.J. Coventry 130536 RAF Survived evader, POW (arrested in Paris 6 Jun 43)
Wo ag F/Sgt. J.C. Wood 755138 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 7
Air gunner Sgt. M. Keogh 1586059 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 5
Air gunner F/Sgt. L.C. Maunsell 414318 RNzAF Jonkerbos 24 A 4

Leslie Cormac Maunsell, Son of Leslie Beauchamp Maunsell and Catherine Jane Maunsell, of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand.. Leslie was served with the RNZAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Lancaster W4998 100 Squadron crashed at Melderslo, Horst aan de Maas, Limburg Holland.....

Hit by the 1., 3. & 4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591.

Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: HW-J
Takeoff time: 23:54
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. A.T.W. Moore 413106 RNzAF Jonkerbos 24 A 8
Flight engineer W/O J.S. Wilkins 940090 RAF Survived POW
Navigator Sgt. D.C. Stone 1451978 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 6
Bomb aimer F/Lt. S.W.J. Coventry 130536 RAF Survived evader, POW (arrested in Paris 6 Jun 43)
Wo ag F/Sgt. J.C. Wood 755138 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 7
Air gunner Sgt. M. Keogh 1586059 RAF Jonkerbos 24 A 5
Air gunner F/Sgt. L.C. Maunsell 414318 RNzAF Jonkerbos 24 A 4


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