A welder by trade, he fought hard to leave a so-called Reserved Occupation to join the Army on his 18th birthday, in December 1942....
Having passed rigorous fitness and flying tests he was finally awarded the special Glider Pilot Regiment wings and posted to No.2 Flight, A Squadron, at RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire....
For RAF pilot Les Joy, the Berchtesgaden raid would also mark the tragic end of a personal journey-his last mission with the Australian crew he’d grown to love before a tragic accid
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