LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Leigh Brereton Sadlier FALKINER
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 1384158 (RAFVR)
Born: Armidale VIC, 11 June 1921
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 15 Flying Training School
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 15 Flying Training School Oxford aircraft V3906), Catterton, Yorkshire, 12 February 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Kidlington Burial Ground, Oxfordshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leigh Sadleir Falkiner and of Beatrice Lyle Falkiner (nee Young), of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
At 1145 hours on 12 February 1942, Oxford V3906 hit high tension cables and crashed at Laural Farm near Bicester, killing both crew members. Those crew members were:
Leading Aircraftman Peter Cockburn (1382945) (RAFVR) (Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Leigh Brereton Sadlier Falkiner (1384158) (RAFVR) (Trainee Pilot)
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/110/43