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MACLEOD, Eric Ronald Fergus
Personal Details
Service Number: | 414312 |
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Enlisted: | 12 September 1941 |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 158 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 15 September 1917 |
Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft shot down on night bombing raid over Nuremberg, Germany, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, 31 March 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Hanover War Cemetery Hannover War Cemetery, Hannover, Germany |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Townsville WW2 HR, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Townsville Grammar School Roll of Honour, Townsville Grammar School War Service Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
12 Sep 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 414312, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme | |
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12 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 414312, Aircrew Training Units, Enlisted Brisbane | |
12 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 414312 | |
30 Mar 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 414312, No. 158 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Pilot crewing LW724, radio call sign NP-S, during the air attack on Nuremberg on the night of 30 March 1944. Their plane was shot down by a German aircraft and crashed near Herborn-Seelbach. Bomb aimer FO Shanahan bailed out and was taken prisoner of war in Germany. The rest of the crew were killed. |
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Commemorated on the Townsville Roll of Honour