THRESH, Leslie Hugh
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
'3 Cdo Bde, RM' / UK Commando Force
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
NO18082S
Born:
Thursday, April 8, 1948
Died :
Thursday, May 22, 1975
Died in service
Age:
27
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lieutenant Leslie Thresh RM was on a training flight from HMS Seahawk (R.N.A.S, Culdrose) in a Gazelle helicopter of 705 Naval Air Squadron when it flew into overhead power cables crashing into Pendruffle Wood near Herodsfoot six miles south east of Liskeard, Cornwall. Also killed was Pilot Instructor Alan Lightfoot RN.
Sources
AFM ROH.
UK military aircraft losses - website ukserials.com
Daily Mirror 23/5/1975, p13.
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