The remains of Spitfire PR Mk. Vc R7029 were recovered between 01-02-1976 & 28-03-1976.
Leonard is buried at Worting Road Cemetery Basingstoke, Hampshire, England Plot B. Grave 752.
Son of William and Lydia Branton; husband of Ida Branton, of Portchester, Fareham.
Spitfire R7029 was converted from a Mk.V. to a PR Type c, the first to have a camera fitted in the fuselage and two more under the port wing, with extra fuel tanks on the starboard side.
Attached : Leonard’s grave at Worting Road Cemetery Basingstoke (julia&keld on 04 Aug 2015) and the Rolls Royce engine plate from R7029 (A. R. Society photo)