Service Details
Name:
 TORKINGTON-LEECH
Given Name:
 PETER EDWARD
Initials:
 P E
Service No:
 37726
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 9 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1939-10-30
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Wellington I L4288, took off from R.A.F. Honington with two other Wellingtons from the squadron to practice defensive cross-over movements. Sqd/Ldr Lamb was flying the leading aircraft on this training exercise. He and his crew lost their lives when his Wellington collided with Wellington (L4363) at 800ft and both aircraft crashed into marshy ground near Sapiston less than three miles from RAF Honington killing all nine crew
Additional
Information:
Son of Sidney William and Anne Martha Sophia Torkington-Leech; husband of Alice Elizabeth Torkington-Leech, of Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Suffolk
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Cemetery:
 HONINGTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD (SUFFOLK)
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Grave Reference:
 Row A. Grave 7.

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