Service Details
Name:
 DE LEENDER
Initials:
 M
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-01-04
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Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA633, crashed during bombing practice near Gambut
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Additional
Information:
***Body repatriated to Belgium. The remainder of his crew are buried in El Alamein War Cemetery ***His headstone has a date of death of 17 January 1941, which is incorrect, it should be 4 January 1944
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Evere, Vlaams-Brabant
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Cemetery:
 BRUSSELS CEMETERY AIR FORCE LAWN OF HONOR
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Grave Reference:
 Row 5, Grave 7.

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