LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Kenneth Ernest Wright LEIGH
Service No: 422646
Born: Chatswood NSW, 21 October 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 May 1942
Unit: No. 6 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 6 Service Flying Training School Harvard MKII aircraft 3230), Ontario, 21 April 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Dunnville (Riverside) Cemetery, Ontario
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Nellie Winifred Elsie Leigh, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On a non-operational night navigation exercise on 21 April 1944, Harvard 3230 crashed approximately for miles west of Willowgrove, Ontario, and both crew members were killed.
The crew members of Harvard 3230 were:
Leading Aircraftman Clyde Crosby Kendall (R/214213) (RCAF) (Student Pilot)
Pilot Officer Kenneth Ernest Wright Leigh (422646) (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, 166/24/421