F/Lt. L. C. Gosling was born in Battleford, Sask., Canada.
Leslie completed a very large number of sorties in the Middle East and Sicily including attacks on airfields, port installations and industrial targets.
In aerial combat he destroyed nine enemy aircraft and damaged several others while serving with Nos. 222 and 229 Squadrons.

Leslie Gosling was killed in action on 19th July, 1943. He was shot down during an aerial engagement with a superior number of enemy fighters near Mount Etna, off the east coast of Sicily.