CRASH OF A CORSAIR
6 MILES SE OF NOWRA, NSW
ON 3 DECEMBER 1945

Sub-Lieutenant (A) RNVR Leslie Sharples was killed on 3 December 1945, when his Corsair KD864 crashed into thick bush 6 miles southeast of Nowra in New South Wales and burnt out.

He was returning from a low level cross-country exercise in formation with two Seafire aircraft. After the Seafires changed course, they lost sight of the Corsair.

Sub-Lieutenant (A) RNVR Leslie Sharples was buried in Plot C, Row A, Grave 1 at Nowra War Cemetery.

REFERENCES

"The MONAB Story - A history of the mobile airfields of the Royal Navy"

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Jonathan Rollason for his assistance with this web page.

Can anyone help me with more information on this crash?

"Australia @ War" WWII Research Products

This page first produced 20 November 2023

This page last updated 20 November 2023