The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. L A Dyke

Leslie Arthur Dyke of Sutton, Surrey was born on 31st July 1918 in Wandsworth, the son of Arthur St. Clair and Ada Maud Dyke.

He joined the RAFVR about July 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot.

The 1939 Census recorded his profession as 'Aero fitter'.

Called up on 1st September 1939, he completed his training and was posted to 64 Squadron at Leconfield in September 1940.

On the 27th he failed to return from a sector patrol in Spitfire X4032, the cause unknown.

Dyke was 22 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, panel 13.

Above image courtesy of Dean Sumner