Sergeant Kenneth McLeod - wireless operator aboard KM-B (W4126)
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Sergeant Kenneth McLeod - wireless operator aboard KM-B (W4126)
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Gives some personal details of Sergeant Kenneth McLeod (1058806 RAF(VR). Includes photographs of his grave headstone, wireless operators station and front turret of Lancaster.
He also manned the front turret. In addition is a postcard sent by his mother to Geoff Beckett's mother when she visited the Den Burg (Texel) graves.
He also manned the front turret. In addition is a postcard sent by his mother to Geoff Beckett's mother when she visited the Den Burg (Texel) graves.
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Four page printed document with text, colour and b/w photographs
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[colour photograph of the headstone at the grave of Sergeant K.R. MacLeod]
Sgt. Kenneth McLeod. 1058806 of the R.A.F. (V.R.) was the Wireless Operator aboard KM-B and also manned the front turret, in his other role as an air gunner. Aged 27, he was the son of Robert Thallon McLeod and his wife Alice Jane McLeod, of Edinburgh. His Grave is Number 12 on Row 1.
“O Valiant Heart
Tranquil you Lie
Your Memory Hallowed
In the Land That You Loved”
(Authors photograph.)
[page break]
[inserted] Radio Ops Station. NX 611.
Sgt Kenneth Mcleod. Wireless Op/Front gunner died in the Lancaster [/inserted]
[colour photograph of the wireless operator station in the Lancaster]
[page break]
PA 474. BBMF.
[colour photograph of the front turret of a Lancaster]
Sgt. Ken McLeods other battle station. The Frazier – Nash Type 5 hydraulically operated gun turret, with two Browning .303 machineguns.
Below it is F/O Jim Loree’s Bomb Aimer’s ‘Perspex bubble’ window and bomb sight.
(Authors photograph)
[page break]
A 1947 Post Card sent by Sgt KEN McLeod’s mother to Sgt Geoff Beckett’s mother, when she visited the Den Burg graves.
[postcard]
Sgt. Kenneth McLeod. 1058806 of the R.A.F. (V.R.) was the Wireless Operator aboard KM-B and also manned the front turret, in his other role as an air gunner. Aged 27, he was the son of Robert Thallon McLeod and his wife Alice Jane McLeod, of Edinburgh. His Grave is Number 12 on Row 1.
“O Valiant Heart
Tranquil you Lie
Your Memory Hallowed
In the Land That You Loved”
(Authors photograph.)
[page break]
[inserted] Radio Ops Station. NX 611.
Sgt Kenneth Mcleod. Wireless Op/Front gunner died in the Lancaster [/inserted]
[colour photograph of the wireless operator station in the Lancaster]
[page break]
PA 474. BBMF.
[colour photograph of the front turret of a Lancaster]
Sgt. Ken McLeods other battle station. The Frazier – Nash Type 5 hydraulically operated gun turret, with two Browning .303 machineguns.
Below it is F/O Jim Loree’s Bomb Aimer’s ‘Perspex bubble’ window and bomb sight.
(Authors photograph)
[page break]
A 1947 Post Card sent by Sgt KEN McLeod’s mother to Sgt Geoff Beckett’s mother, when she visited the Den Burg graves.
[postcard]
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“Sergeant Kenneth McLeod - wireless operator aboard KM-B (W4126),” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 21, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/41453.
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