{"id":472,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2021-01-28T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T11:53:09","slug":"hillelson-leslie-henry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/hillelson-leslie-henry\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillelson, Leslie Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Leslie Henry Hillelson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Pilot, 13 OTU<br>Service number 745287<br>Died 21 October 1940<br>Buried Grimsby Hebrew Congregation Cemetery<br>Age 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Leslie was born on 28 February 1914 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Solomon and Henrietta n\u00e9e Friend and he had two older siblings, Cyril and Gertrude. Their father Solomon worked as a pawnbroker and died in 1935. Leslie attended Sir Moses Montefiore Synagogue and was a pupil at Clee Grammar School. He is commemorated on memorials at both the synagogue and school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie enlisted into the RAF as a pilot in 1937 and in 1939 he was living at 175 Gloucester Place, St Marylebone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie was the pilot of Blenheim L8871 which departed RAF Weston on the Green on a day training exercise. One engine cut out causing the aircraft to swing out of control and crash. All three crew were killed when the aircraft caught fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>W\/Op, William Alfred Dismore, 652610<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U\/T Observer, James Francis Ferguson Kerr, 748075<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Hillelson-Headstone-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Hillelson-Headstone-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Hillelson-Headstone-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Hillelson-Headstone-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Hillelson-Headstone-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Hillelson-Headstone.jpg 1994w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_gy__synagogue_myers_hillson_greenbaum_ww2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_gy__synagogue_myers_hillson_greenbaum_ww2.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_gy__synagogue_myers_hillson_greenbaum_ww2-250x211.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/large_gy__synagogue_myers_hillson_greenbaum_ww2-120x101.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><figcaption>Memorial at Sir Moses Montefiore Synagogue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leslie Henry Hillelson Pilot, 13 OTUService number 745287Died 21 October 1940Buried Grimsby Hebrew Congregation CemeteryAge 26 Leslie was born on 28 February 1914 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Solomon and Henrietta n\u00e9e Friend and he had two older siblings, Cyril and Gertrude. Their father Solomon worked as a pawnbroker and died in 1935. 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