LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Stephen John LEACH
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 65510 (RAFVR)
Born: Cheshire, England, 15 November 1915
Enlisted in the RAF: Promoted Pilot Officer (on probation) 7 February 1941
Unit: No. 73 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 73 Squadron Hurricane aircraft Z4694), Libya, 8 July 1941, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Stephen E Leach, and of Gertrude Leach, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia B.A. (University of Melbourne)
Roll of Honour: Unknown
On 8 July 1941, Pilot Officer Leach in Hurricane Z4694 failed to return from a mission over Gambut, Libya.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record: Leach/Stephen John
RAF Commands Website