Sgt. English was serving with 166 Squadron. He was a Flight Engineer of Lancaster III ED904 AS- which took off from Kirmington on a mission to Bochum. The aircraft crashed killing all the crew.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1943;W.R. Chorley; 1996; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 90 3
Tony Hibberd has provided the following:
Lancaster ED904 AS-? had departed Kirmington at 1822 for Ops Bochum. It was intercepted at 5200M nr Bochum by a Night-Figher captained by Lt Otto Bruning (I/JG300) and shot down at 2212
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 3; Dr Theo Boiten.
Leslie English is remembered at West Pelton in W112.03
