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Squadron Leader Leslie Mersham, North Weald Bassett
SQUADRON LEADER
L. T. MERSHAM
ROYAL AIR FORCE
30TH JULY 1957 - AGE 35
CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE
DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS WIFE,
CHILDREN AND FAMILY
Squadron Leader Leslie Mersham died in Hawker Hunter XF510 on approach at RAF North Weald when the engine cut. He was the Officer commanding RAF North Weald at the time and he was the last RAF pilot to be killed at the airfield which closed 7 years later.
Squadron Leader Leslie Mersham, North Weald Bassett
SQUADRON LEADER
L. T. MERSHAM
ROYAL AIR FORCE
30TH JULY 1957 - AGE 35
CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE
DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS WIFE,
CHILDREN AND FAMILY
Squadron Leader Leslie Mersham died in Hawker Hunter XF510 on approach at RAF North Weald when the engine cut. He was the Officer commanding RAF North Weald at the time and he was the last RAF pilot to be killed at the airfield which closed 7 years later.