Achieved 5.95 confirmed air victories.
Flight Commander Flt./Lt R.D.G. Wight DFC, flying Hurricane N2650, led "B" Flight of 213 Squadron consisting of himself, Sgt S.L.Butterfield DFM and Sgt E.G Snowdon into action against 61 Me 110 fighters of Gruppe 3: 15 miles South East of Portland. Flt/Lt Wight and Sgt Butterfield were killed in this action and Sgt Snowdon was forced to crash land on Lulworth ranges. 25 British pilots lost their lives on this day,the greatest loss of pilots on any day in the Battle of Britain. Squadron 213 was based at Exeter Devon on that day.
Leslie Butterfield was killed flying his Hurricane I (P3789). He was 27 and was buried at Bolougne Eastern Cemetery France.
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