World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Leonard Joseph Barnard
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 29 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 149 'EAST INDIA' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AUSTIN MOTORS LTD. STIRLING MK 1 (W7628) CRASHED AT CLIFFE, KENT, ENGLAND WHILE HOMEBOUND FROM A BOMBING RAID TO GENOA, ITALY ON OCTOBER 24, 1942. BURIED AT BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, BROOKWOOD, SURREY, ENGLAND.