In Memory Of
DE LEENDER
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-01-04
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA633, crashed during bombing practice near Gambut
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Row 5, Grave 7.
Cemetery:
BRUSSELS CEMETERY AIR FORCE LAWN OF HONOR
Localitly:
Evere, Vlaams-Brabant
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Citations:
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
***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
