John Wilbert MCLEOD

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Service Number:	418296
Enlisted:	15 May 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 576 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 17 September 1923
Home Town:	Bundoora, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Le Mans, France, 7 May 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy, France Collective grave in Section XXIX Row H 21 - 26
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 418296
15 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
15 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 418296, No. 576 Squadron (RAF)
7 May 1944:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, No. 576 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Lancaster ND783 of 576SQN RAF crashed near Le Mans, France killing:

Warrant Officer Arthur Henry Biltoft 414192 - son of Arthur and Josephine Tate Biltoft of Sarina, Queensland

Flight Sergeant Arthur Reginald Jackson 429953 - son of John Edward and Elizabeth Jackson of Hindmarsh, SA

Flight Sergeant John Wilbert McLeod 418296 - son of Walter Wilbert McLeod and Mary Christina McLeod of Bundoora, Victoria