In Memory Of
PRESTON, LESLIE AMYAS
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
572880V
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class I
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-07-03
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW199, 6 crew (1 RAF)), shot down while en route to attack the Prahova Oil Refinery at Bucharest, Romania
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Joint grave 1. C. 8.
Cemetery:
BUCHAREST WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Romania
Additional Information
Son of Bertel St. J. Preston and Nora Preston, of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Benoni (Rynsoord) Cemetery
