Leonard Philip Redcliff Hockey

[arielregent]

Leonard Philip Redcliff Hockey born in Bristol 30/04/1913, was a flight lieutenant and gunnery officer with 75 Squadron at RAF Feltwell. Apparently he was a businessman in Bristol, UK before joining the RAF Reserves.

His Wellington was shot down in 1940 and he became a prisoner of war at Sagen or possibly Laufen in Germany.

Very shortly after the War, Mr. Hockey met the sister of Francis Labouchere-Sparling, one of the crew members who died on that flight, in London. We do not know what happened to Mr. Hockey after the War, although we are certain that he did not settle in the UK. Canada is a strong possibility though efforts to find locate him have not been successful.

Does anyone have any record of him after 1945 or suggestions as to how I may proceed in my efforts to discover what happened to him?

Kind regards,

A.M. Bruce (Mrs.)

[Dave Homewood]

Hi Mrs. Bruce,

Have you tried the UK's National Archives? They apparently have records of all British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, and maybe they will reveal a postwar address.

Also NZ had a POW Association till about three years ago. Maybe the UK and Canada have/had one that he was a member of.

[fwx]

Leonard Philip Redcliffe Hockey

Married Rachel Petrina Birch July 1939, Worthing, Sussex.

POW number 410

Died 12 Apr 1989

Buried Rockwood Cemetry, Rockwood, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada

[fwx]

Hello Mrs Bruce,

I tried emailing you but the address doesn't appear to be working.

If you see this, could you please email me, Chris - my email address: [e-mail]

We have more information about the members of Leonard's crew and the events that night.

Thank you.