Leon Bassman

Sergeant Leon Asher Bassman was a Welsh airman of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War.
He was born in 1922, in Cardiff, the son of Russian-born Henry (Hirsh) and Rachel Bassman (née Willett).
Aged 22, Bassman, a flight engineer with 550 Squadron, died on 4 October 1944 when his Avro Lancaster (serial NF963) crashed while on operational training near Ellingstring, Yorkshire. There was only one survivor out of the seven crew, Flying Officer Stanley Hayter.Lancaster NF963, 550squadronassociation.org.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
He is buried in Cardiff Jewish Cemetery.
==Notes==
==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Bassman, Leon Asher, cwgc.org. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Category:1922 births
Category:1944 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Russian descent
Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Category:Buried in Wales
Category:Sergeants