Leslie Edward Sexton

A Sergeant with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Leslie died on 4th of October 1941 aged 21. 

Leslie was born at Beccles in 1920, a son of Florence Emly Sexton. In 1921 Leslie was staying with Edward and Alice Rouse at 39 Alexandra Road, Beccles, and his mother, and two older brothers, lived at Manor Farm, Ellingham. Leslie’s mother died in 1926, and Leslie became the foster-son of his aunt Mildred Jane Searles. In 1939 his family home was at 26 Lorne Park Road, Lowestoft.
 
Leslie joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1937 to train as a pilot. In October 1941 Leslie was serving with 220 Squadron. On 4 October 1941 he was a member of the crew of a Hudson III aircraft, number V9066 NR-V, that flew from Wick, Caithness, on a patrol off the Norwegian Coast. The aircraft was presumed to have been lost over the North Sea.  
 

WITH THANKS TO:Malcolm Barrass