Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
First Lieutenant Malcolm J MacLeod, Service Number: O-886133, pilot with the 654th Bomber Squadron, 25th Bomber Group. 1st Lt Malcolm J. Mac Leod was piloting Mosquito NS630 and started the approach at Watton airfield on return from a Blue Stocking night mission on 22 November 1944. He was ordered to another airfield due to bad weather conditions, but after making one pass, Mac Leod informed the control tower that he could see the runway. Flying out for a second pass, radio contact was lost over Merton. Flying very low, the Mosquito hit tree tops and crashed in a field between the villages of Merton and Thompson. Pilot 1st Lt Malcolm J. Mac Leod and Navigator Lt Milford B. Hopkins were both killed in the crash.
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person?fulltext=Malcolm+J+MacLeod
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
First Lieutenant Malcolm J MacLeod, Service Number: O-886133, pilot with the 654th Bomber Squadron, 25th Bomber Group. 1st Lt Malcolm J. Mac Leod was piloting Mosquito NS630 and started the approach at Watton airfield on return from a Blue Stocking night mission on 22 November 1944. He was ordered to another airfield due to bad weather conditions, but after making one pass, Mac Leod informed the control tower that he could see the runway. Flying out for a second pass, radio contact was lost over Merton. Flying very low, the Mosquito hit tree tops and crashed in a field between the villages of Merton and Thompson. Pilot 1st Lt Malcolm J. Mac Leod and Navigator Lt Milford B. Hopkins were both killed in the crash.
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person?fulltext=Malcolm+J+MacLeod
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
First Lieutenant Malcolm J MacLeod, Service Number: O-886133, pilot with the 654th Bomber Squadron, 25th Bomber Group. 1st Lt Malcolm J. Mac Leod was piloting Mosquito NS630 and started the approach at Watton airfield on return from a Blue Stocking night mission on 22 November 1944. He was ordered to another airfield due to bad weather conditions, but after making one pass, Mac Leod informed the control tower that he could see the runway. Flying out for a second pass, radio contact was lost over Merton. Flying very low, the Mosquito hit tree tops and crashed in a field between the villages of Merton and Thompson. Pilot 1st Lt Malcolm J. Mac Leod and Navigator Lt Milford B. Hopkins were both killed in the crash.
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person?fulltext=Malcolm+J+MacLeod
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
First Lieutenant Malcolm J MacLeod, Service Number: O-886133, pilot with the 654th Bomber Squadron, 25th Bomber Group. 1st Lt Malcolm J. Mac Leod was piloting Mosquito NS630 and started the approach at Watton airfield on return from a Blue Stocking night mission on 22 November 1944. He was ordered to another airfield due to bad weather conditions, but after making one pass, Mac Leod informed the control tower that he could see the runway. Flying out for a second pass, radio contact was lost over Merton. Flying very low, the Mosquito hit tree tops and crashed in a field between the villages of Merton and Thompson. Pilot 1st Lt Malcolm J. Mac Leod and Navigator Lt Milford B. Hopkins were both killed in the crash.
https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person?fulltext=Malcolm+J+MacLeod
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart.
Contributor: carolyn deloach (50647457)
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