Leslie READING DFC

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READING, Leslie

Service Number:	O5879
Enlisted:	14 August 1943
Last Rank:	Wing Commander
Last Unit:	Air Force Headquarters
Born:	Meckering, Western Australia, 3 August 1925
Home Town:	Meckering, Cunderdin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	RAAF Pilot
Died:	Natural causes, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 2013, aged 87 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

14 Aug 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
14 Aug 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, O5879

Korean War Service

27 Jun 1950:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O5879
20 Jul 1951:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O5879

World War 2 Service

25 Feb 1976:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, O5879, Air Force Headquarters
25 Feb 1976:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, O5879
Date unknown:	Involvement Wing Commander, O5879

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Pilot Officer Leslie Reading O5879 in Mustang A68-726 was briefly reported as MIA by RAAF 77 (Fighter) Squadron while on a mission in the Assule region in Korea in July 1950 with Flying Officer Kenneth Duncan McLeod O31479 / 10810 (Mustang A68-813) and Pilot Officer Milton James Cottee O22222 / A22222 / 446011 (Mustang A68-799) - all 3 were reported safe after landing at an American Air Base

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