Identity
Person No.
4199
Service No.
328769V
Last Name
First Name
Leonard
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, missing on patrol presumed ditched, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #JT893
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Forest Drive Extension, Pinelands, Cape Town
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Benjamin H. and Juta E. Cohen, of Cape Town, South Africa. ***Jewish
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Malta, Memorial Panel 17 Column 2.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "17 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Malta, Memorial Panel 17 Column 2
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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