John McIntosh was born in Leslie in 1922. He enlisted in April 1941 and sailed to Canada on troopship SS. Stratheden. In February 1943 he joined 207 Squadron RAF. He was a pilot flying first Lancasters then in 1945 Mosquitos. In May 1943 he was part of a Wings Over Britain fundraising campaign in Glasgow. In June 1943 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross DFC for a sortie to Friedichshafen Ballon Base in southern Germany which included an engine failure and a journey home to base via Algeria and Gibraltar.
In August 1943 he was awarded a Bar to his D.F.C for getting back to England from a mission to Peenemunde V2 Rocket base despite his plane catching fire.
.1 Photocopy of magazine article "Lancaster at War" by Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding with a photograph Sergeant John McIntosh in the cockpit of a Lancaster
.2 One page of bullet points of key dates and events in life of John McIntosh
.3 One page description by John Murray Thomson of four sorties by John McIntosh including the mission for which he received the D.F.C and the mission for which he was awarded the Bar to his D.F.C
.4 Low resolution photocopy of photograph of pilot in a USA airforce unifrom (see also digital image 10)
.5 One page of notes about John Mcintosh meeting film star Charles Loughton in California; landing his lancaster at Abbots Inch for a spitfire fundraising campaign in Glasgow to se the lancaster before him had nosedived and tipped head over heels in the mud; his transfer to a Mosquito pathfinder squadron to drop flares on the target; John's involvement in operation manna to drop food into Holland by parachute.
.6 One page of notes about having to divert to a base on the west coast because of fog and then next flight to his home base taking the chance to fly over Leslie and roll the wings of his Lancaster so the local Home Guard could teel his girlfriend they had seen his plane; John's flying training in Alabama, USA; and after the war he married Sadie, they had two children and John worked as manager of the Tayside Floorcloth factory in Newburgh, Hr=e as a scout master, an elder at Christ's Kirk on The Green in Leslie and was organist at Cults parish church.
.7-.38 Printouts and photocopies about the WWII career of Sergeant John McIntosh including .11 photocopy of passport style photos to be used to help forge travel permits to help air crew escape from a POW camp.; and .3 photocopy of signed photograph of the crew including John and guests at Glasgow on $th May 1943 for a fundraising event (see digital image 85); and .35 Photocopy of photograph of Kirk Session Christ kirk on the Green Leslie May 1969 - the church centenary.
.39 Picture Post May 15 1943 Vol. 19 No 7 The Last Hour in a Lancaster - article with photographs of John Mcintosh and his colleagues in their positions inside their Lancaster preparing for a mission.