Flight Sergeant, Royal Australian Air Force. 418296 Age: 20.
Posting on Death: 576 Squadron, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ND783; Place - Le Mans, France; Date - 7 May 1944.
Shot down by a night fighter at St Remy-Du-Plain Near Romazy during a raid on an Ammunition Dump at Aubigne, 2 crew survived, 1 evaded capture.
The crew of Lancaster ND783 were;
JACKSON, Arthur Reginald - (Flight ) - 429953* RAAF
BILTOFT, Arthur Henry – (Warrant Officer) – 414192* RAAF
FORD, Joseph Arthur– (Flight Sergeant) – 410968 (Air Bomber) Survived & evaded capture.
Discharged from the RAAF: 14 February 1946.
See Cenotaph here in NSW Garden of Remembrance.
MCLEOD, John Wilbert – (Flight Sergeant) – 418296* (Air Gunner)
SHEARER, James Maxwell – (Flight Lieutenant) – 415721 RNZAF
IVELAW-CHAPMAN V R – (Air Commodore) – 04073 RAF
DREW, Corbett N G – (Sergeant) – 912475 * RAF
FOX, Charles V – (Sergeant) – 1202748 # RAF
Remembrance
He is honoured with a Last Post Tribute Ceremony video at the AWM , the full account of the lead up to the flying battle is detailed in the video & the accompanying script.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Kew Vic, also his name is located at panel 126 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Walter Wilbert McLeod and Mary Christina McLeod, of Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Posting on Death: 576 Squadron, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ND783; Place - Le Mans, France; Date - 7 May 1944.
Shot down by a night fighter at St Remy-Du-Plain Near Romazy during a raid on an Ammunition Dump at Aubigne, 2 crew survived, 1 evaded capture.
The crew of Lancaster ND783 were;
JACKSON, Arthur Reginald - (Flight ) - 429953* RAAF
BILTOFT, Arthur Henry – (Warrant Officer) – 414192* RAAF
FORD, Joseph Arthur– (Flight Sergeant) – 410968 (Air Bomber) Survived & evaded capture.
Discharged from the RAAF: 14 February 1946.
See Cenotaph here in NSW Garden of Remembrance.
MCLEOD, John Wilbert – (Flight Sergeant) – 418296* (Air Gunner)
SHEARER, James Maxwell – (Flight Lieutenant) – 415721 RNZAF
IVELAW-CHAPMAN V R – (Air Commodore) – 04073 RAF
DREW, Corbett N G – (Sergeant) – 912475 * RAF
FOX, Charles V – (Sergeant) – 1202748 # RAF
Remembrance
He is honoured with a Last Post Tribute Ceremony video at the AWM , the full account of the lead up to the flying battle is detailed in the video & the accompanying script.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Kew Vic, also his name is located at panel 126 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Walter Wilbert McLeod and Mary Christina McLeod, of Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Flight Sergeant, Royal Australian Air Force. 418296 Age: 20.
Posting on Death: 576 Squadron, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ND783; Place - Le Mans, France; Date - 7 May 1944.
Shot down by a night fighter at St Remy-Du-Plain Near Romazy during a raid on an Ammunition Dump at Aubigne, 2 crew survived, 1 evaded capture.
The crew of Lancaster ND783 were;
JACKSON, Arthur Reginald - (Flight ) - 429953* RAAF
BILTOFT, Arthur Henry – (Warrant Officer) – 414192* RAAF
FORD, Joseph Arthur– (Flight Sergeant) – 410968 (Air Bomber) Survived & evaded capture.
Discharged from the RAAF: 14 February 1946.
See Cenotaph here in NSW Garden of Remembrance.
MCLEOD, John Wilbert – (Flight Sergeant) – 418296* (Air Gunner)
SHEARER, James Maxwell – (Flight Lieutenant) – 415721 RNZAF
IVELAW-CHAPMAN V R – (Air Commodore) – 04073 RAF
DREW, Corbett N G – (Sergeant) – 912475 * RAF
FOX, Charles V – (Sergeant) – 1202748 # RAF
Remembrance
He is honoured with a Last Post Tribute Ceremony video at the AWM , the full account of the lead up to the flying battle is detailed in the video & the accompanying script.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Kew Vic, also his name is located at panel 126 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Walter Wilbert McLeod and Mary Christina McLeod, of Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Posting on Death: 576 Squadron, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ND783; Place - Le Mans, France; Date - 7 May 1944.
Shot down by a night fighter at St Remy-Du-Plain Near Romazy during a raid on an Ammunition Dump at Aubigne, 2 crew survived, 1 evaded capture.
The crew of Lancaster ND783 were;
JACKSON, Arthur Reginald - (Flight ) - 429953* RAAF
BILTOFT, Arthur Henry – (Warrant Officer) – 414192* RAAF
FORD, Joseph Arthur– (Flight Sergeant) – 410968 (Air Bomber) Survived & evaded capture.
Discharged from the RAAF: 14 February 1946.
See Cenotaph here in NSW Garden of Remembrance.
MCLEOD, John Wilbert – (Flight Sergeant) – 418296* (Air Gunner)
SHEARER, James Maxwell – (Flight Lieutenant) – 415721 RNZAF
IVELAW-CHAPMAN V R – (Air Commodore) – 04073 RAF
DREW, Corbett N G – (Sergeant) – 912475 * RAF
FOX, Charles V – (Sergeant) – 1202748 # RAF
Remembrance
He is honoured with a Last Post Tribute Ceremony video at the AWM , the full account of the lead up to the flying battle is detailed in the video & the accompanying script.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Kew Vic, also his name is located at panel 126 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Walter Wilbert McLeod and Mary Christina McLeod, of Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
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