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  • Collection: Turner, Leslie Arthur

ATurnerLA101115.mp3
Leslie Turner worked as a pattern maker at Longbridge before he volunteered for the Air Force. He trained as an observer in South Africa and flew 33 operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron.

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PTurnerLA1902 copy.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait of Leslie Arthur Turner in uniform with Bomb Aimer brevet and Sergeant chevrons.

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PTurnerLA1901 copy.jpg
Seven aircrew wearing mixed battledress beneath starboard inner engine of a Halifax on dispersal.
The crew are, from left to right:
Leslie Arthur Turner (189027) Bomb Aimer
Johnny Hoare Navigator
Harry Gough Rear Gunner
Harry Harrison…

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PTurnerLA1903 copy.jpg
Seven aircrew and three groundcrew beneath port inner engine of Halifax, groundcrew wearing leather jerkins.

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LTurnerLA189027v1.pdf
L A Turner’s Flying Log Book from 20 April 1943 to 22 July 1944 detailing training and operations as a bomb aimer. He was stationed at Grahamstown (44 Air School), RAF Forres (No. 19 Operational Training Unit), RAF Marston Moor (No. 1652 Conversion…

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