Date of death:

September 16th, 1944 (Hardinxveld/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Grave General Cemetery Boven-Hardinxveld
Plot: 17. Row: 26. Grave: 70.

Service number:

120930

Nationality:

British

Flight Lieutenant Leonard Vincent King, Spitfire pilot RAF Voluntary Reserve 611 Squadron RAF.

During an attack on a German trailer travelling on the motorway, loaded with requisitioned bicycles, his aircraft was hit by German anti-aircraft fire. The Spitfire dove low over the road, making it an easy target, and was accidentally hit itself. The aircraft crashed into an osier bed near Sluisweg in Neder-Hardinxveld. He was killed in the crash. Three days later, he was buried in the cemetery at Kromme Gat in Boven-Hardixveld.

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