Leigh RULE

RULE, Leigh

Service Number: 400491
Enlisted: 14 September 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 14 January 1921
Home Town: Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Accident, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia, 16 April 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Taabinga Lawn Cemetery, Kingaroy, Qld
Plot A Row B Grave 1, Taabinga Cemetery, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 400491
14 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 400491, Aircrew Training Units
14 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400491
16 Apr 1945: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Leigh Rule 400491 & Flying Officer Kenneth Ernest Sparkes 443510 were killed when Mosquito MK6 A52-501 of Number 1 Squadron disintegrated in the air and crashed during local flying at the Kingaroy Bombing Range - the probable cause was overstressing of the fuselage.