Leonard A. Hooker, AM 2nd Class

Personal information
Age	23
Nationality	British
Date / place of birth	Unknown
Genealogy	Son of Frederick Augustus and Annie Kathleen Hooker, West Drayton, Middlesex, U.K.
Military information
Army Number	L-FX-588276
Rank	AM 2nd Class
Function	Passenger
Platoon / Troop / Flight	Unknown
Company / Squadron	H.M.S. Daedalus
Unit / Group	Unknown
Division / Transport / Command	Fleet Air Arm
Regiment	Royal Navy
Death information
Died when	19-9-1944
Died where	Arnhem
Spot	Harderwijker weg Area/Warnsborn
Map reference	Unknown
Burial location	Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number	4-B-9
Graves overview	Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
External reference	Click to view
Personal notes
At approx 15.39 hours (NL-time), a 196 Squadron Stirling (EF248, ZO-'V'), was hit by flak while dropping re-supply near Supply Dropping Point 'V;, west of Arnhem. The pilot, Warrant Officer Keith Prowd ordered the crew to bale out. The whole crew exited the aircraft bwefore this crashed north of Arnhem. Of the 10-men crew (6 flying crew, 2 air despatchers and 2 \"extra's\") 7 were killed. Air Mechanic 2nd class Hooker was transfered from the Royal Navy and went with the resupply flight as a passenger to learn about the airplane engines. The type of engines in a stirling where the same as used in some Navy flyingboats. He is the only Navy casualty on the the Airborne cemetery. His body was found near \"Kleine Kweek\

Personal information
Age	23
Nationality	British
Date / place of birth	Unknown
Genealogy	Son of Frederick Augustus and Annie Kathleen Hooker, West Drayton, Middlesex, U.K.
Military information
Army Number	L-FX-588276
Rank	AM 2nd Class
Function	Passenger
Platoon / Troop / Flight	Unknown
Company / Squadron	H.M.S. Daedalus
Unit / Group	Unknown
Division / Transport / Command	Fleet Air Arm
Regiment	Royal Navy
Death information
Died when	19-9-1944
Died where	Arnhem
Spot	Harderwijker weg Area/Warnsborn
Map reference	Unknown
Burial location	Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number	4-B-9
Graves overview	Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
External reference	Click to view
Personal notes
At approx 15.39 hours (NL-time), a 196 Squadron Stirling (EF248, ZO-'V'), was hit by flak while dropping re-supply near Supply Dropping Point 'V;, west of Arnhem. The pilot, Warrant Officer Keith Prowd ordered the crew to bale out. The whole crew exited the aircraft bwefore this crashed north of Arnhem. Of the 10-men crew (6 flying crew, 2 air despatchers and 2 \"extra's\") 7 were killed. Air Mechanic 2nd class Hooker was transfered from the Royal Navy and went with the resupply flight as a passenger to learn about the airplane engines. The type of engines in a stirling where the same as used in some Navy flyingboats. He is the only Navy casualty on the the Airborne cemetery. His body was found near \"Kleine Kweek\