McLeod from 443 Squadron
 

does anybody know if

Wally McLeod and Henry W. McLeod are the same person ?

from what I see, both are SL rank

is Wally a nickname, middle name ??

Re: McLeod from 443 Squadron
 

Yes same person.Middle name was Wallace.
I'm guessing that is were "Wally" came from.
Rick

Re: McLeod from 443 Squadron
 

thank you

yes, I seen it was Wallace, I have seen a lot of remarks about him as Wally, today was the first time I had seen something with Henry

seems like CW pilots very rarely used the real first names in anything, either a nick or there middle name

makes it a little ruff at times trying to figure out who is who :)

Re: McLeod from 443 Squadron
 

It seems to have been a Canadian thing back then and into the 1950s, to use a familiar name loosely based on the "official" registered names. This usually started with the family. It can be annoying nowadays, post 9/11, trying to explain to a skeptical border guard why you appear to have several names.

I am one of three cousins that go by the common name of Bill, but only one of us has William as a first name on the birth certificate. We are all named after our grandfather, christened "Willy" but always known as Bill.

R.W.R. "Bill" Walker