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
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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 was hit by Langeoog-based Marine Flak and 3./leichte Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 872 (Einsatz Wangerooge) between 20:53 and 20:55 hrs, crashed in sea near Wangerooge Island, Niedersachsenat at 20:58 hrs. Three Wellington’s and two Hampton’s were lost on the raid.
F/Lt Thomas Priest
Sgt Doneld Henderson RCAF
Sgt Gordon Glanville
Sgt Leslie Churcher - All missing.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
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