James Stewart Leather 1919–1942 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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James Stewart Leather, 1919–1942 (aged 22 years)

Name

James Stewart Leather

Name: James Stewart /Leather/
Given names: James Stewart
Surname: Leather

Sex Male

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 9 June 1887 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Baptism: 7 August 1887 — St Michael, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Marriage: 2 November 1918 — West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: 29 June 1971 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Florence Ann Healy James Stewart Leather Edward Gilbert Leather James Leather 1887–1971 Birth: 9 June 1887 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: 29 June 1971 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England
mother	Links Birth: 27 January 1888 32 26 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Baptism: 15 April 1888 32 27 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Marriage: 2 November 1918 — West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: 9 March 1975 — Dyffryn Conwy, Caernarfonshire, Wales Burial: 15 March 1975 — Allerton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Leather James Stewart Leather Edward Gilbert Leather Florence Ann Healy 1888–1975 Birth: 27 January 1888 32 26 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: 9 March 1975 — Dyffryn Conwy, Caernarfonshire, Wales
Marriage	Marriage — 2 November 1918 — West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
14 months himself	Links Birth: December 1919 32 31 — West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: 25 June 1942 — Wadden Sea, Friesland, Netherlands Burial: Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships James Stewart Leather 1919–1942 Birth: December 1919 32 31 — West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: 25 June 1942 — Wadden Sea, Friesland, Netherlands
4 years younger brother	Links Birth: 12 January 1924 36 35 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: September 1977 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Edward Gilbert Leather 1924–1977 Birth: 12 January 1924 36 35 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: September 1977 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Events of close relatives
Birth	December 1919 32 31 West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Birth of a brother	Edward Gilbert Leather 12 January 1924 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Death of a maternal grandmother	Cecilia Mary MaCaulay 25 May 1939 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Death	25 June 1942 (aged 22 years) Wadden Sea, Friesland, Netherlands
Burial	Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands Address: Harlingen Cemetery, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.
Last change	25 May 2022 – 00:47:25 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	On the evening of 25th June 1942 Wellington DV935 of No.15 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force took off from Harwell to bomb the German town of Bremen. The bomber failed to return from this operation. It crashed in the Waddensea, not far from the town of Harlingen. Sargeant James Stewart Leather, the pilot of the unfortunate bomber, is buried in the local Harlingen cemetery. Sargeant Gordon Lake, another member of the crew is still reported as missing. He is commemorated on the Runneymede Memorial. This is a doubly tragic story. A relative, David Macaulay has in his possession a letter from Stewart's great-aunt Elizabeth Anne Macaulay (also David's grandmother) to another relative dated 1st July 1942 in which she describes the circumstances of Stewart's crash. " Stewart is missing after his first raid, a 1000 (sic) plane raid on Bremen. He had for day's leave and only returned [to his base] on Wednesday last. [He] would arrive at camp at about midnight and was pushed off as a make-weight on Thursday.....Barbara went to see them [his parents Jim and Flo]....they are furious about it because he was definitely NOT to be on operations, but was to ferry his own plane across to Egypt with his company [crew] of which he was captain. He was so glad he was not to help bomb cities". "That Thursday night his mother had a dream. She saw hosts of planes in a cloudy sky. One plane detached itself and made for a bank of cloud. Another plane came rushing along [and] she could see that there would be a collision; there was. From the first plane a man dropped down on a parachute. If the dream goes to its logical conclusion he may have escaped and been taken prisoner. God grant it". Sadly this was not to be. Stewart and his crew were not to make that posting to Egypt to bomb Rommel's Afrika Corps.

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On the evening of 25th June 1942 Wellington DV935 of No.15 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force took off from Harwell to bomb the German town of Bremen. The bomber failed to return from this operation. It crashed in the Waddensea, not far from the town of Harlingen. Sargeant James Stewart Leather, the pilot of the unfortunate bomber, is buried in the local Harlingen cemetery. Sargeant Gordon Lake, another member of the crew is still reported as missing. He is commemorated on the Runneymede Memorial.
This is a doubly tragic story. A relative, David Macaulay has in his possession a letter from Stewart's great-aunt Elizabeth Anne Macaulay (also David's grandmother) to another relative dated 1st July 1942 in which she describes the circumstances of Stewart's crash. " Stewart is missing after his first raid, a 1000 (sic) plane raid on Bremen. He had for day's leave and only returned [to his base] on Wednesday last. [He] would arrive at camp at about midnight and was pushed off as a make-weight on Thursday.....Barbara went to see them [his parents Jim and Flo]....they are furious about it because he was definitely NOT to be on operations, but was to ferry his own plane across to Egypt with his company [crew] of which he was captain. He was so glad he was not to help bomb cities".
"That Thursday night his mother had a dream. She saw hosts of planes in a cloudy sky. One plane detached itself and made for a bank of cloud. Another plane came rushing along [and] she could see that there would be a collision; there was. From the first plane a man dropped down on a parachute. If the dream goes to its logical conclusion he may have escaped and been taken prisoner. God grant it".

Sadly this was not to be. Stewart and his crew were not to make that posting to Egypt to bomb Rommel's Afrika Corps.