LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Leonard Darrell LEYSLEY

Service No: 443782
Born: Clovelly NSW, 4 December 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 December 1943
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-230), near The Rock, 15 October 1944, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Francis and Annie Florence Blanch Cook, of Clovelly
Roll of Honour: Randwick NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 15 October 1944, Wirraway A20-230 crashed four miles north west of The Rock and the crew was killed. The aircraft was on a night non-operational ferry flight from Belfrayden satellite to the main aerodrome at Uranquinty and crashed in a dust storm

The crew members of A20-230 were:

Leading Aircraftman Leonard Darrell Leysley (443782) (Trainee Pilot)
Flying Officer Lewis Henry Williams (410404) (Instructor 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, 166/24/558; A9845, 109

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