1941 Dec Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Pitt, Leonard H---Age: 25
District: Wayland [Vol & Page: 4b & 481]
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (X3394) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was on a training flight when it crashed in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant John Leslie Louvain ARTHUR,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Ernest DEW,
RAFVR Sergeant Gordon David Hankinson DUTTON,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Cooper KNOTT,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Harold Sidney MELLOWS,
RAF Sergeant Robert Owen NEWBURY and
RCAF Sergeant Leonard Herbert PITT.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: R/10286
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron
A tailor by trade, residing on Woodbine Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 8 Sept 1939 in Toronto.
Son of Thomas Pitt of Woodbine Avenue.
Sergeant Leonard Herbert Pitt is commemorated on Page 41 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
1941 Dec Quarter death "registration"-
Name: Pitt, Leonard H---Age: 25
District: Wayland [Vol & Page: 4b & 481]
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (X3394) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, was on a training flight when it crashed in Norfolk, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this accident were-
RAFVR Sergeant John Leslie Louvain ARTHUR,
RAFVR Sergeant Brian Ernest DEW,
RAFVR Sergeant Gordon David Hankinson DUTTON,
RAFVR Sergeant Reginald Cooper KNOTT,
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Harold Sidney MELLOWS,
RAF Sergeant Robert Owen NEWBURY and
RCAF Sergeant Leonard Herbert PITT.
Military Service:-
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service No: R/10286
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 115 (RAF) Squadron
A tailor by trade, residing on Woodbine Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 8 Sept 1939 in Toronto.
Son of Thomas Pitt of Woodbine Avenue.
Sergeant Leonard Herbert Pitt is commemorated on Page 41 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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