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  1. Do you have any further information about this crash. Leslie Knight was my grandfather. Thanks.

     

    The pilot of the Halifax crash slightly further from my house is buried in Eindhoven, I'll see if I can drive past it in the coming week.

     

    Name: KNIGHT, LESLIE HERBERT

    Initials: L H

    Nationality: United Kingdom

    Rank: Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)

    Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

    Unit Text: 78 Sqdn.

    Age: 28

    Date of Death: 23/06/1943

    Service No: 128902

    Additional information: Son of Herbert T. and Louise Knight, of East Cosham, Hampshire; husband of Freda Knight, of East Cosham.

    Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

    Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot EE. Grave 16.

    Cemetery: EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY

     

    78 Squadron:

    http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/h78.html

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