| Accession Number | P06975.005 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Identify Studio |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 422658 Airman, later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Gordon Wesley McLeod, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 422658 Airman, later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Gordon Wesley McLeod, of Sydney, NSW. Enlisting in the RAAF in May 1942, Aircraftman McLeod trained as an aircrew member as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme and flew Short Stirling bombers with 138 Squadron, RAF based at Tempsford, in Bedfordshire, England. Flt Sgt McLeod has taken part in Operation Draughts, an operational sortie to drop supplies to the Maquis in German occupied France, on the night of 31 August/1 September 1944, when his Stirling, serial number LJ503 (radio call-sign NF-P) crashed into a mountain at Lombard. Flt Sgt McLeod was killed instantly, aged 27, alongside six of his crew members, five of whom where Australians.