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Leslie Norman Hollinghurst
Air Chief Marshal Sir Leslie Norman Hollinghurst (2 January 1895 – 8 June 1971), was a British First World War Flying Ace who later became an Air Chief Marshal in the RAF.
==Involvement in the First World War==
Hollinghurst was born in Muswell Hill, Middlesex, England on 2 January 1895, and was the second of three children of Charles Herbert Hollinghurst and Teresa Petty. At the outbreak of the war in 1914, Hollinghurst enlisted with the Royal Engineers〔(Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Air Chief Marshal Sir Leslie Hollinghurst )〕 participating in the Gallipoli landings and was wounded at Salonika. In 1916 he was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment, and later in the same year was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC).〔 He learned to fly while serving in Egypt and went on to become a Captain in No. 87 Squadron〔 flying Sopwith Dolphins, and was awarded the DFC in October 1918, having destroyed four enemy aircraft. His final total was 11 confirmed victories. Leslie's two siblings also served: Charles Stanley Hollinghurst was also in the RFC and was awarded the Military Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal, while Phyllis Hollinghurst enlisted in the Women's Royal Air Force.
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