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Aviation Art Prints  Pilot Signatures World War Two Signatures UK and Commonwealth L  Leggett, Percival |
[UP] - Lacey, Ginger - Lallemant, Raymond - Lamb, Alistair - Lamb, Archie - Lamb, Charles - Lammas, A - Langston, John - Lapsley, Sir John - Large, R - Lasham, Bob - Lawrence, Keith - Le Cheminant, Sir Peter - Learoyd, Roderick - Leathart, James - Leckie, Bill - Lee, Edgar - Lee, Kenneth - Leggett, Percival - Leigh, Arthur - Leksinski, Rudolf - Levy, Harry - Lewis, C - Lewis, I - Lewis, Larry - Lewis, Reg - Lily, Ken - Linaker, Jack - Lincoln, John - Lindsay, James - Linney, Ian - Livermore, R - Loveland, Eric - Lovell, Derek - Lowe, Drane - Lowe, F - Lowe, Julian - Lowrie, Donald - Lucas, Laddie - Lucas, Robin - Lucas, W - Lusher, Norman - Lusty, Kenneth - Lyon, Jack |
Squadron Leader P G Leggett | Squadron Leader P G Leggett Percival Graham Leggett was born on the 24th of February 1921 and joined the RAFVR In June 1939 as an Airman under training Pilot. He was called up for active duty on 1 September 1939 and he completed his training in September 1940. On the 18 September 1940 Leggett crashed at Oldbury on Severn in Gloucestershire but was unhurt. Leggett was posted to No.615 Squadron at RAF Prestick in Scotland then to 245 Squadron at RAF Aldergrove on 28 September and then to No.46 Squadron at RAF Stapleford on 18 October 1940. He claimed a Fiat BR.20 and probably destroyed and shared in the destruction of another on 11 November 1940. Leggett was then posted to No.145 Squadron in late November 1940 and then to No.96 Squadron on 18 December 1940. Flying his Hurricane off Ark Royal, Leggett joined 249 Squadron in Malta in June 1941 and was in action that same afternoon. In July he increased his Battle of Britain score by shooting down a Macchi C.200 but was shot down in December, bailing out with minor injuries. He was posted to the Desert Air Force just before El Alamein. An RAFVR pilot, Leggett had flown both Hurricanes and Defiants before his posting to Malta. He stayed on in the RAF commanding 73 Squadron on Vampires, retiring in 1958 as a Squadron Leader. He died on 26th May 2013. |
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