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Flt.Sgt. Leonard James "Macca" McCarthy
Royal Australian Air Force 76 Squadron RAF
from:Brisbane Australia
(d.20 Jan 1944)
Macca was a prewar friend of my mother. He was a tail gunner of Halifax V LK921 shot down south west of Berlin during a raid on that city. The entire crew were killed and are buried at the CWG cemetery in Berlin