Fisk, Leslie Claude Alec
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Leslie Claude Alec |
Surname | Fisk |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Charles Fisk and Laurie Sarah Fisk (née Fuller), of Burgoyne Road, Sunbury-On-Thames, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ED754 |
Markings | OF-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Escoublac-La-Baule War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. G. 9. |
Epitaph | IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON LESLIE. HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 35 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1375457 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Thorpe Camp, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with Inscribed Lettering and Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Woodhall Spa during WW2, including 619 Sqn |
Location | Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window remembering 97 Sqn in the Church of the Holy Spirit, RAF Coningsby |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 13 February1915, Isleworth, Middx. Lesley was a manager of a shop selling radios and bicycles. |
His body washed ashore at Jusee |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/767/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-03-1943 |
End Date | 29-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night Raid | Night (51% moon) |
Operation | St. Nazaire |
Reason for Loss | Crashed into the sea near Piriac, close to the target area. The aircraft was coned by searchlights, hit by flak from several flak batteries. |