[Peter Clare]

Hi, and welcome to the forum.

The following is taken from 'Fighter Command Losses' - Franks

15 September 1940
238 Squadron
Hurricane I P2836
Sgt. L. Pidd +

Patrol. Baled out too low after hitting a tree during combat over Kenley.

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The following is taken from 'Men of the Battle Britain' - Wynn.


Leslie Pidd.

742636. Sgt. Pilot. British. 238 Squadron.


Pidd, of Dunswell, Yorkshire, was born in 1918. A pre-war member of the RAFVR, he was called to full-time service at the outbreak of war.
He joined 238 Squadron at Middle Wallop on July 18 1940. Pidd claimed a Bf 109 destroyed on August 11, returning to base with his starboard wing and glycol system damaged following the combat two miles east of Weymouth, slightly injured.
On September 15 Pidd was shot down and killed in combat with He 11Is and Bf 110s over Kenley. His Hurricane, P 2836, crashed into an oak tree at Kent College, Pembrey.
Pidd is buried in St Peter's churchyard, Woodmansey, Yorkshire.

Regards
Peter