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Second Lieutenant John “Jack” Leask

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Second Lieutenant John “Jack” Leask

Birth
Forres, Moray, Scotland
Death
26 Mar 1917 (aged 25)
Crookham Village, Hart District, Hampshire, England
Burial
Forres, Moray, Scotland
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1917 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Leask, John---Age: 25
District: Hartley Wintney (Volume & Page: 2c & 300)

During blizzard conditions, RFC Second Lieutenant Leask perished in the crash of 56 Squadron's S. E. 5 (#A4857) aircraft, near Crookham, Hampshire.
[The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War.]

Military Service-
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Division: 56 Squadron (Farnborough, Hampshire, England)
1917 March Quarter death registration-
Name: Leask, John---Age: 25
District: Hartley Wintney (Volume & Page: 2c & 300)

During blizzard conditions, RFC Second Lieutenant Leask perished in the crash of 56 Squadron's S. E. 5 (#A4857) aircraft, near Crookham, Hampshire.
[The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War.]

Military Service-
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Division: 56 Squadron (Farnborough, Hampshire, England)

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Lieut. Royal Flying Corps
Killed in Hampshire
While Flying on War Service

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