Oblt Emil Lang & SqLdr Wally McLeod-two mysteries

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

Quote from "From White Caps to Contrails"
' After uneventful patrols on the morning of the 27th, W/C Johnson destroyed his 38th (highest total in RAF) enemyaircraft in a melee over Rees on the banks of the Rhine. F/O Rooney Hodgins forced another Messerschmitt away from his commander and got another destroyed for himself. F/O H.P. Fuller gave the "tail-end charlie" of the German formation bursts of cannon and machine-gun fire to do it in. F/L E.B.Stovel, F/O Gilbert and F/L Walz also tallied one each.
But these victories were won at a heavy cost. S/L H.W. McLeod DSO,DFC and Bar , who at 21 enemy aircraft to his credit and was the top-scoring day-fighter pilot in the RCAF , was missing.'

FCL vol 3 has - NH245, "patrol Nijmegen, pm. Shot down by Me109 east of the town."

Photo in Spitfire-the Canadians has hin standing in front of his Spitfire IX "2I-E" MK636. Artwork on dust cover has this a/c in D-Day stripes .
This a/c later became MM4080 of the Italian AF. Spitfire International has Italy-MM4080, Fate unknown.

Alex