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Tom Leigh (RAF officer)
Thomas Barker Leigh (11 February 1919 – 31 March 1944), known as Tom, was an Australian born Handley Page Halifax bomber rear gunner who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but was one of the men re-captured and subsequently shot by the ''Gestapo''.
==Pre-war life==
Leigh was born in Waverley, Sydney, Australia, the second son of a British father and Australian mother resident in Shanghai, China. His mother had sailed back to Australia for his birth before returning to China. She died in 1926 and their father died in 1932, but the three children had lived in England since their mother’s death where they attended boarding schools and spent holidays with family friends or their guardian.〔( Australians in Stalag Luft III – T B Leigh )〕
On leaving school Leigh passed the entrance examination for the Training Ship “Mercury” near Southampton and on 30 September 1934 began to train for a life at sea.〔( Hampshire Chronicle- Thomas Barker Leigh )〕 From the training ship he could see Hamble airfield and soon decided that aviation was his interest. He left the “Mercury” on 29 July 1935 having been accepted for the 32nd Entry of RAF Apprentices commencing 20 August 1935 at the Royal Air Force’s No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF based at RAF Halton, in Buckinghamshire. Leigh was assigned service number 568142 and attached to A Squadron, No. 1 Wing as an aero engine Fitter II. He was promoted to leading apprentice which usually involved commanding a room of 21 junior boys. He “passed out” (graduated) on 26 July 1938 and was attached to No. 48 Squadron RAF as an Aircraftman 2nd Class.〔( Australian Government – T B Leigh )〕
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