Leslie Douglas LANGUSCH

LANGUSCH, Leslie Douglas

Service Number: 405744
Enlisted: 25 May 1941
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 25 October 1917
Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, 5 August 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
1.P.C.6, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie WW2, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough St. Paul's Anglican Church Book of Remembrance, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour, Maryborough WW2 RAAF Enlistment Roll of Honour, Tinana No 5 Division Burrum Shire Honour Board, Tinana War Memorial, Widgee War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 405744
25 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
25 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 405744, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Alfred Eric and Lily Langusch of Maryborough, Queensland

 

RAAF Beaufighter aircraft A19-12 of Number 30 Squadron was lost near Whittlesea, Victoria resulting in the deaths of Pilot Officer Leslie Douglas Langusch 405744 & Sergeant Norman Edward Greasley 205761 - incident is mentioned in the book "Beaufighters over New Guinea" by George Turnbull Dick