LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Leslie Douglas LANGUSCH
Service No: 405744
Born: Maryborough QLD, 25 October 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 May 1941
Unit: No. 30 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 30 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft A19-121), Mt Disappointment VIC, 5 August 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred Eric and Lily Langusch, of Maryborough, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Maryborough QLD
Remembered: Panel 102, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1225 hours on 5 August 1942, Beaufighter A19-121 left Benalla for RAAF Station Laverton but failed to arrive at its destination. On 7 August 1942 the wreck of the aircraft was found on the northern slopes of Mt Disappointment and both the crew members had been killed.
The crew members of A19-121 were:
Sergeant Norman Edward Greasley (205761) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Leslie Douglas Langusch (405744) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/42/133
Bibliography:
Parnell, N.M. (Neville M.) Whispering Death: A history of the RAAF’s Beaufighter Squadrons, AH & AW Reed, Terry Hills NSW, 1980
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990