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Sergeant

Leslie Alexander Churcher

Service number 1172507
Military unit 408 (RCAF) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address Battersea, London, England.
Date of birth 19 May 1920
Date of death 10 Jan 1942 (21 years old)
Place of birth Wandsworth, England.
Employment, education or hobbies

Engineer's Clerk.

Family history

Son of Alexander and Lily Churcher; husband to Rosina Churcher of Wandsworth, London.

Military history

10/11 January 1942 Hampden AE286 408 Sqn. Take off 16.37 from RAF Balderton part of 124
aircraft raid to bomb Wilhelmshaven. Crews reported good bombing but ground reports stated light raid with little damage and 6 injuries. AE286 lost without trace. Three Wellington’s and two Hampton’s were lost.
F/Lt Thomas Priest
Sgt Doneld Henderson RCAF
Sgt Gordon Glanville
Sgt Leslie Churcher - All missing.

Extra information

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