Roll of Honour: Person Info
Personal Details
| Service No: | 710193 |
| Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Name: | BELLINGAN |
| First Name: | LESLIE |
| Initials: | L |
| Born: | Unknown |
Death Details
| Date of Death: | 1945-02-07 |
| Age at Death: | |
| Cause of Death: | Executed, whilst a POW. Liberator V BZ938 'Wottawitch' of Special Signals Flight, attached to 159 Sqn RAF, took off from Digri air base, some 100 kms west of Calcutta, India, and set course for Burma. Whilst returning home to base 'Wottawitch'came under fire from a Japanese night fighter. Baled out and captured by Japanese. They were taken by truck to Rangoon jail. Bellingan, Woodbridge, Woodage and Snelling were taken to a forest (presume Kyaukkon Reserved Forest) on the outskirts of Myaungmya and beheaded by the Japanese |
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