FLYING OFFICER LESLIE REDFORD CLISBY, DFC, ROYAL AIR FORCE BORN MCLAREN VALE, SA 1914-06-29. ...

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Accession Number 044617
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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FLYING OFFICER LESLIE REDFORD CLISBY, DFC, ROYAL AIR FORCE BORN MCLAREN VALE, SA 1914-06-29. TRAINED RAAF POINT COOK, VIC 1935-1937. 1937-07 SHORT TERM COMMISSION TO RAF AS PILOT OFFICER. 1937-12 APPOINTED AS FLYING OFFICER TO NO. 1 FIGHTER SQUADRON, TANGMERE- SUSSEX, ENGLAND. 1939-12-03 WENT TO FRANCE WITH NO. 1 FIGHTER SQUADRON IN ADVANCED AIR STRIKING FORCE. MISSING FRANCE 1940-05-15.- AGE 25 YEARS 11 MONTHS. 124.11 (LENT BY R.A. ECKERT).