Tom Leigh (RAF officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tom Leigh (RAF officer)

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1919

Place of Birth: Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1944

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Tom Leigh (RAF officer)

  • Thomas Barker "Tom" Leigh (11 February 1919 – 31 March 1944) was an Australian-born Handley Page Halifax bomber rear gunner who was taken prisoner during the Second World War.
  • He took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but was one of the men re-captured and subsequently shot by the Gestapo.

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