John Trail Leitch   Photo: Mogens Jeppesen    Updated: 08 SEP 2021
                                                                          
Airman: a113143.htm Surname: Leitch Init: J T Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 466

P_link: p374.htm Plane: HAL MZ915 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: At Nørreskoven, Als

Crash_d: d160944 Buried_d: b180944 C_link: c113.htm At_Next: Aabenraa, R 5-11

 "Natten til den 16. september 1944 rettede RAF et angreb mod Kiel. I forbindelse med dette bombetogt stødte 2 "Halifax" fly sammen i luften over Als kl. 01.05. Flyene nedstyrtede nord-øst
for Elstrup, hvor stumperne spredtes over et mange kvadratkilometer stort område.

Samtlige 14 ombordværende flyvere blev dræbt. - - -" (FAF)

HAL NP719 styrtede ned omkring her og HAL MZ915 styrtede ned omkring her. Mere ved HAL MZ915.
Se Monumenter 2019 * Mindesten 16 SEP 2019 dette fly * Artikel: Clive, John og James i JV.

Sergeant (Air Bomber) John Traill Leitch, 19 år, var søn af John Traill Leitch og Jessie Leitch, Westcliff-on-sea, Essex, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

 "The RAF attacked  Kiel on the night before September 16 1944. In connection with this
bombing raid 2 Halifax-planes collided in the air over Als at 0105 hrs. The planes crashed north east
of Elstrup, where fragments were scattered over an area of many square kilometres.

All 14 crew members on board perished. - - -" (FAF)

HAL NP719 crashed about here and HAL MZ915 crashed about here. More links at HAL MZ915.
See Monuments 2019 * Memorial stone to this crew * Article in Danish with photos in JV + Translation.

Sergeant (Air Bomber) John Traill Leitch, 19, was the son of John Traill Leitch and Jessie Leitch, of Westcliff-on-sea, Essex, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
"Mine were the heights the eagles found"
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Ph 2, P 198.