In Memory Of

BELLINGAN, LESLIE

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 710193
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
Unit:
 159 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1945-02-07
Cause of Death:
 Executed, whilst a POW. Liberator V BZ938 'Wottawitch' of Special Signals Flight, attached to 159 Sqn RAF, took off from Digri air base, some 100 kms west of Calcutta, India, and set course for Burma. Whilst returning home to base 'Wottawitch'came under fire from a Japanese night fighter. Baled out and captured by Japanese. They were taken by truck to Rangoon jail. Bellingan, Woodbridge, Woodage and Snelling were taken to a forest (presume Kyaukkon Reserved Forest) on the outskirts of Myaungmya and beheaded by the Japanese
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 3. F. 6-9.
Cemetery:
 RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Myanmar
Additional Information
Son of Frank Bellingan. Husband of Mavis Grace Howell Kensington, of South Africa. Father of Terrance born 2nd May 1940 Lives Surrey England. Met and married his wife in Northern Rhodesia. Second Pilot on 'Wottawitch'. His Radio Operator Stanley James Woodbridge was awarded the George Cross for his bravery during capture.