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Military service
Service number:
J/7227
Age:
21
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
61 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
November 11, 1920
Osaquan, Ontario
Death:
October 14, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 679.
Additional information
Son of Charles and Hilda Leach, of Dryden, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach
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Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of LEONARD CHARLES ROBERT LEACH
Charlie and Hilda Leach. Toddler is Johnny and brother Leonard Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of LEONARD CHARLES ROBERT LEACH
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter of recommendation
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Letter of recommendation
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Letter (1)
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Letter (2)
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Report
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Document
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Letter
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Letter
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Grave marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury -
Milland Church
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury -
Group Photo
A picture of Leonard's Bomber Crew. Leonard was the nagivator of a Lancaster bomber and was one of 9 Canadians who participated in one of first RAF first one thousand plane bomber mission over Germany in July 1942. Leonard is the second from the right in the back row. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Leonard Charles Leach
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Photo of Leonard Charles Robert Leach
In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of LEONARD CHARLES ROBERT LEACH
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach 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 Liessensns
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 89 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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