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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.〔Price 1997, p. 82.〕〔(Canadian Aces of World War II. )〕〔Some sources quote 21 destroyed, 4 probable and 10 damaged: (Henry Wallace "Wally" McLeod )〕 McLeod scored 13 of kills during the Battle of Malta, earning the nickname "The Eagle of Malta".〔McCaffery 1990, p. 177.〕 ==Early life== Henry McLeod was born in Regina, Saskatchewan to James Archibald McLeod, and Hannah Elizabeth McLeod on 17 December 1915.〔Ralph 2005, p. 24.〕 James McLeod was from Brooklyn, Nova Scotia and went to Acadia University. At the time of James' death, long after World War II, he was reputed to be the oldest living graduate of Acadia. Henry's mother, Hannah, died from Spanish flu, during the pandemic, when he was three. Henry was an average student, never excelling, but always managing pass grades. From a young age he had a reputation as a fast learner.〔McCaffery 1990, p. 178.〕 McLeod began his military career in 1928, serving with the 5th Saskatchewan Regiment and Regina Rifle Regiment until 1934. McLeod joined the Royal Canadian Air Force on 2 September 1940. He graduated from training on 1 April 1941 and arrived in Great Britain on 9 May 1941, attending 57 OTU.
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