🌺 “The Spitfire Pilot Who Flew on Christmas Day and Never Returned” — The Story of Pilot Officer Ian Douglas McLeod 🌺 Ian Douglas McLeod was born on 1 October 1921 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. He was the son of Alexander and Catherine McLeod. Like so many young men of his generation, Ian came of age as the world darkened. When war spread across continents and oceans, New Zealand’s sons were called to serve far from home — and Ian answered. He joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force,