Commander Murdo Campbell MacLeod

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Feilding Cemetery

79 Lethbridge Road
Feilding Manawatu-Wanganui 4779
New Zealand
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Commander Murdo Campbell MacLeod

Died: 9 August 1948
Age: 40 Years
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People Buried Here
Myra Eleanor MacLeod
Buried Here
19 May 1907 - 22 Jul 1955
Description

NAC suffered its first fatal air crash on 9 August 1948 when DC-3 Freighter ZK-AOE Parera crashed above Port Underwood claiming the lives of Commanders Murdo McLeod and RJRH "Dicky" Makgill. The DC-3 had taken off from Woodbourne Airport near Blenheim on a routine freight flight bound for Paraparaumu and entered cloud, crashing into Scraggy Ridge. A lack of radio navigation equipment was highlighted in the crash report. Some wreckage remains on the ridge.

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Myra Eleanor MacLeod
Buried Here
19 May 1907 - 22 Jul 1955
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