Les Knight
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Knight was killed later the same year while taking part in Operation Garlic – the Dortmund–Ems Canal raid.[2] After his Lancaster's engines were damaged by clipping a tree while flying at low level, he was able to allow his entire crew to bail out but was unable to land the aircraft without crashing. He is buried at Den Ham General Cemetery in the Netherlands.[3] A monument was also erected at the crash site.
In the 1955 film The Dam Busters, Knight was played by Denys Graham.
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- Dambuster of the Day No. 57: Leslie Knight – Dambusters Blog
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- 1921 births
- 1943 deaths
- Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Australian military personnel killed in World War II
- Australian World War II pilots
- Australian World War II bomber pilots
- Aviators from Melbourne
- Military personnel from Melbourne
- Royal Australian Air Force officers
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II