Eric Ronald Fergus MACLEOD

MACLEOD, Eric Ronald Fergus

Service Number: 414312
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
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World War 2 Service

12 Sep 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 414312, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
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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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Commemorated on the Townsville Roll of Honour