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Age
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Service
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Date of Death
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Place of Death
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Cemetery
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Reference
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Detail
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39957
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Flying Officer (Pilot)
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James Henry Leslie
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Allan
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25
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New Zealander
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Royal Air Force
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151 Squadron RAF (Martlesham Heath)
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12th July 1940
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North Sea off Orfordness
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Ditched into the sea after aerial combat
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Runnymede Memorial
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Panel 5
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At 09:45hrs on Friday 12th July 1940 his Hurricane Mk. 1, Serial P.3275 crashed into the North Sea after engaging a Dornier Do.17 of II Gruppe, KG 2 during a convoy patrol off the coast of Orfordness.
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