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NORTON, Leslie John
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| Service Numbers: | 432248, Naval Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 5 December 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sub Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Navy |
| Born: | Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 23 November 1924 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pilot |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Schofields, New South Wales, Australia, 29 November 1945, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales D D 15 |
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Biography contributed by David Barlow
Leslie John Norton joined the RAAF as a fighter pilot in December 1942 and served in a RAAF Spitfire Squadron until June 1945 when he transferred to the RAN Fleet Air Arm
Sub Lieutenant Leslie John Norton of 801 Squadron lost his life in a Seafire XV whilst doing an air display at Schofields
The accident was initially blamed on pilot error, but an investigation found that at high speeds the Seafire was subject to aileron reversal which could result in wing spar failure.
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