Leslie William RAYNER

RAYNER, Leslie William

Service Number: 426913
Enlisted: 3 December 1941
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 April 1922
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery
Presbyterian Plot Section X Grave 143, Wagga Wagga General Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 426913
3 Dec 1941: Enlisted
15 Aug 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 426913, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
15 Aug 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 426913

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-131 and A20-440 from Number 5 Service Flying Training School collided in mid-air approximately 10 miles north-west of Wagga

A20-440 was landed by the student pilot - LAC Utting 426785 (discharged from the RAAF as a Flying Officer in November 1945); the instructing pilot was Warrant Officer Kenneth Averill 406429 who was discovered with fatal head injuries after the landing

The crew of A20-131 baled out but the parachute of LAC Rayner 426913 did not deploy correctly and he was killed; the pilot - Flying Officer Oberg 411369 - survived and he was discharged from the RAAF in November 1945 as a Flight Lieutenant -

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