Name; Leonard Alfred Wadman Rank: Flight Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force 78 Squadron Service No: R/76357 Date of Birth: October 9, 1919 Place of Birth: South Dakota, US Date of Enlistment: December 17, 1940 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, NS Address at Enlistment: Five Islands, Colchester Co., NS Date of Death: May 31, 1942 Memorial: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK Panel 107 Commemorated on Page 122 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 14 Flight Sergeant Leonard Alfred Wadman was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ernest Wadman, of Five Islands, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia. Prior to his enlistment he was employed with National Defence at the Debert Station, NS On the night of May 30, 1942 Flight Sergeant was the pilot of a bomber with Squadron 78 that failed to return to base after a bombing raid over Cologne, Germany. Two other members of the crew, Flight Sergeant G. A. Welsh of Saskatchewan, and Sergeant W. F. Pickett also failed to return. Veterans Affairs Canada Commonwealth War Graves Commission