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Son of Leslie and Rose Toth. Husband of Adeline V. Toth, of Kipling, Saskatchewan.
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Photo of Leslie Toth
Leslie Toth of Kipling Saskatchewan was a mid-upper gunner on a Lancaster bomber (KB785/VR-Y), and a member of 419 (Moose) Squadron. His aircraft caught fire while on a training mission near Sedgefield, County Durham, England on November 24, 1944 and crashed killing all 7 members on board. -
Photo of LESLIE WILFRED TOTH
F/Sgt. Leslie W Toth This photo, taken from his pers file in Ottawa, shows him as he looked just before the crash. Source: Library and Archives Canada via Robert Whitehouse -
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Bio
From the Manitoba/Northern Ontario Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Books. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star January 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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The Toronto Star, January 4, 1945, page 30 -
Court of Inquiry (Page 1)
Court of Inquiry into the Crash of Lancaster KB785 These four pages of the investigation into this crash came to the conclusion that the pilot, Mansfield, confused the Cold Air Intake handle for the engines with the handle for the Fuel Dump Switches. The fuel switches failed to function fully and gasoline entered the aircraft and ignited. Sixteen witnesses were called by the Board and there were conflicting statements that the Court had to resolve. Please read all four pages to understand the loss of this crew because of lack of training and experience. Please note that after this crash, all of the Fuel Dump Switches for these aircraft were is disabled on orders from the Officer Commanding 6 Group, Bomber Command. Source: Library and Archives Canada RG24 Vol 28179 (Mansfield, RG) via Robert W. Whitehouse -
Court of Inquiry (Page 2)
Court of Inquiry pg 2<P> Source: Library and Archives Canada RG24 Vol 28179 (Mansfield, RG) via Robert W. Whitehouse -
Court of Inquiry (Page 3)
Court of Inquiry pg 3<P> Source: Library and Archives Canada RG24 Vol 28179 (Mansfield, RG) via Robert W. Whitehouse -
Court of Inquiry (Page 4)
Court of Inquiry pg 4<P> Source: Library and Archives Canada RG24 Vol 28179 (Mansfield, RG) via Robert W. Whitehouse -
Memorial Plaque
This is the Plaque dedicated to Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth and his crew unveiled during a ceremony on June 19, 1994 in Sedgefield, County Durham England. -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.<br>The lady in this picture is standing in front of gravestone of Flight Sergeant Leslie Toth. The adjacent headstones are for the remaining members of the aircrew: John Murphy, George Warren-Darley, Richard Mansfield, Douglas Gunn, Allan Hirst, and Derrick Newland (RAF). -
Gravestone at Harrogate Cemetery
The Gravestone of Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfrid Toth, 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force who died in England in 1944 and is buried at Harrogate Cemetery in Yorkshire England.
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Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Leslie Wilfred Toth
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 464 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY Yorkshire, United Kingdom
The town cemetery is on the south east side of Harrogate, Yorkshire. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission's plot is in the southern part of the cemetery. To reach the cemetery from Harrogate, go along the Harrogate/Wetherby road (A661) to the junction with the A59. The cemetery is signposted at this junction.
This cemetery contains war graves of both world wars. The large majority of the war burials occurred during the 1939-45 War. Nearly all are airmen, two-thirds of them belonging to the Canadian forces. Many of these men died in the Military Wing of Harrogate General Hospital. Of the many airfields established in Yorkshire during the War, a number were situated in the vicinity of Harrogate. Such were the R.A.F. station at Harrogate itself, and those at Linton-on-Ouse, Tockwith, Rufforth and Marston Moor. Nearly all the Canadians buried here belonged to No. 6 (R.C.A.F.) Bomber Group, whose headquarters were at Allerton Park.
All the stations controlled by this Group were in the area north of Harrogate in the Vale of York, the largest base having its headquarters at Linton-on-Ouse. During the early months of the war a piece of land was set aside by the local authorities for service war burials near the north-west corner of the cemetery. This group of war graves is in Sections 20E and 21E within the northern boundary. In July 1943 the Air Forces Section was opened at the north-eastern corner of the cemetery, where men from airfields in Yorkshire and the north-eastern counties were brought, most of whom died in the great bomber offensive on targets in Germany.
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