In Memory Of

TORKINGTON-LEECH, PETER EDWARD

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 37726
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 9 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1939-10-30
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Wellington I L4288, took off from R.A.F. Honington with two other Wellingtons from the squadron to practice defensive cross-over movements. Sqd/Ldr Lamb was flying the leading aircraft on this training exercise. He and his crew lost their lives when his Wellington collided with Wellington (L4363) at 800ft and both aircraft crashed into marshy ground near Sapiston less than three miles from RAF Honington killing all nine crew
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Row A. Grave 7.
Cemetery:
 HONINGTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD (SUFFOLK)
Localitly:
 Suffolk
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Sidney William and Anne Martha Sophia Torkington-Leech; husband of Alice Elizabeth Torkington-Leech, of Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa.