LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Alan Bruce LEAKE
Service No: 419788
Born: Korumburra VIC, 3 September 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 October 1942
Unit: No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School, Western Junction TAS
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-560), near Western Junction, 11 June 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston TAS
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick and Lilian Rachel Leake; husband of Frances Gregory Leake, of Essendon, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Essendon VIC
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a dual instruction flight on 11 June 1943, Tiger Moth A17-560 crashed at 1400 hours five miles south of the Western Junction aerodrome and the crew members were killed. The main plane appeared to come off in mid-air and the aircraft spun in and hit the ground.
The crew members of A17-560 were:
Flying Officer Stuart Fitton (254900) (Instructor Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Alan Bruce Leake (419788) (Trainee 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 A9301, 419788; A9845, 47