LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Leonard Henry OLDMAN
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 931979 (RAFVR)
Born: 1911, West Ham England
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 19 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 19 Operational Training Unit Whitley V aircraft Z6750), North Sea, 9 October 1941, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick Charles and Priscilla Oldman; husband of Winifred Maud Oldman, of Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 49, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
On 9 October 1941, Whitley Z6750 took off from Kinloss for night bombing practice over the Tain Ranges. The aircraft was lost without trace and its four crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
The crew members of Z6750 were:
Sergeant Elwyn Harry Brace (1381931) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant George William Gray (1054132) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Paul Kelly (R/78279) (RCAF) (American) (Navigator)
Sergeant Leonard Henry Oldman (931979) (RAFVR) (Wireless Operator)
References:
Chorley, W.R. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 7 Operational Training Units 1940-1947, Midland Counties Publications UK, 2002
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records