Daniel Holland McLeod was born in 1916 in
Edinburgh. He was the son of William and
Katherine Holland McLeod. His mother died and
his father remarried to Sarah McLeod.
After joining the Royal Air Force, he became a
pilot on mosquito's with 487 Squadron Royal New
Zealand Air Force, operating out of Thorney
Island, Sussex.
On
18 November 1944 his was one of 37 mosquitoes
sent on an Intruder mission to Northeast
Netherlands, East of the battle front and
North East of the Ruhr area. 33 attacked targets.
487 Squadron lost two mosquitoes this night. One was
shot down by a night fighter and crashed in
Germany. The mosquito of F/L McLeod and his
navigator, whose name is not known at this time,
crashed near the town of Gorssel. His navigator
managed to bail out in time.
F/L McLeod is buried in Gorssel General
Cemetery, Row A. Grave 22.
