RAYNER, Leslie William
| Service Number: | 426913 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 April 1922 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery Presbyterian Plot Section X Grave 143, Wagga Wagga General Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 426913 | |
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| 3 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 15 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 426913, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty | |
| 15 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 426913 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Wirraway aircraft A20-131 and A20-440 from Number 5 Service Flying Training School collided in mid-air approximately 10 miles north-west of Wagga
A20-440 was landed by the student pilot - LAC Utting 426785 (discharged from the RAAF as a Flying Officer in November 1945); the instructing pilot was Warrant Officer Kenneth Averill 406429 who was discovered with fatal head injuries after the landing
The crew of A20-131 baled out but the parachute of LAC Rayner 426913 did not deploy correctly and he was killed; the pilot - Flying Officer Oberg 411369 - survived and he was discharged from the RAAF in November 1945 as a Flight Lieutenant -
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