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Flight Lieutenant Leslie Hay
Joining the Royal Air Force in May 1941, Leslie Hay was trained as a pilot in Canada. On qualifying he returned to England and eventually was posted to join No.49 Squadron, then based at Fiskerton in Lincolnshire, flying Lancasters. From there he flew his first operation on 1st August 1944, following the Normandy invasion. Leslie Hay completed a total of 36 combat operations in the Lancaster, all with No.49 Squadron, at the height of Bomber Commands offensive against Germany
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Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant Leslie Hay |
  | Clipped Signature - Leslie Hay. Price : £40.00 | Joining the Royal Air Force in 1941, he trained in Canada before being assigned to No.49 Sqn flying Lancasters. He completed 36 combat operations at the height of Bomber Command's offensive against Germany. ...... | |
  | Home at Dawn by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £170.00 | When No 49 Squadron Lancasters bombed the S.S. barracks at Berchtesgaden on 25th April 1945, its aircrews completed a campaign that had begun 5 and a half years earlier in September, 1939. From the very beginning, 49 Squadron were in the thick of th...... |
