FS Leonard Charles CLUTTERBUCK 1921-1944 R I P (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 17:46 (4268 days ago) @ slowhands

At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them

CLUTTERBUCK, LEONARD CHARLES
Rank:Flight Sergeant
Trade:Nav.Service
No:1319227
Date of Death:22/05/1944
Age:22
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 166 Sqdn.
Grave ReferenceRow F. Grave 11.
CemeteryHOOK OF HOLLAND GENERAL CEMETERY
Additional Information:

Son of Richard Charles and Florence Clutterbuck;
husband of Zeana May Clutterbuck, of Lydney, Gloucestershire.

You may be interested in(or pass on to the family) this description of Len Clutterbuck written by his fellow Lancaster bomber crew member, Bomb Aimer Philip Pochailo. There is also a description of the final mission at this website: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/hrp/hrp_detail/2222#tran
Regards,
Andrew Reilly,
son of the pilot.

From Philip Pochailo's book "Then & Now 1944-2004".

Sergeant Len (Leonard) Clutterbuck: "The Navigator was Len Clutterbuck, and he was good. Len was young and full of the devil, but when it came to navigation he was one of the best and always did his job well. He was handsome and debonair and always ready for a good time."

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