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  • Henry Wallace McLeod
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  • Flight Lieutenant "Wally" Henry Wallace McLeod DSO, DFC and Bar RCAF (17 December 1915 – 27 September 1944) was a Canadian who flew for the RCAF as a fighter pilot during the Second World War. He achieved a total of 21 enemy aircraft destroyed, three probably destroyed, and 11 damaged, and one shared damaged. McLeod scored 13 of kills during the Battle of Malta, earning the nickname "The Eagle of Malta".
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serviceyears
  • 1940
Birth Date
  • 1915-12-17
Branch
death place
  • Wesel/Duisburg, Germany
Nickname
  • "The Eagle of Malta"
  • "Wally"
Name
  • Henry Wallace "Wally" McLeod
Caption
  • Official RAF photo c. 1942
Birth Place
  • Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Awards
death date
  • 1944-09-27
Rank
Battles
  • Operation Overlord
  • Battles: Battle of Malta
  • Theatres: Western and Channel Fronts
  • Wars: Second World War
  • African, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
abstract
  • Flight Lieutenant "Wally" Henry Wallace McLeod DSO, DFC and Bar RCAF (17 December 1915 – 27 September 1944) was a Canadian who flew for the RCAF as a fighter pilot during the Second World War. He achieved a total of 21 enemy aircraft destroyed, three probably destroyed, and 11 damaged, and one shared damaged. McLeod scored 13 of kills during the Battle of Malta, earning the nickname "The Eagle of Malta".