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Mackie, John Wallace Allan (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-July-29

Birth Date: 1924 (age 20)

Son of Robert and Margaret Ellen Mackie, of Kenora, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Kenora, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air
Base
Skellingthorpe
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
J/90349
Prev: R/215883

Lancaster Mk.I/III LM452

Bombing Stuttgart Germany 1944-July-29 to 1944-July-29

(B) Sqn (RAF) Skellingthorpe

STUTTGART 494 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes of 1, 3, 5 and 8 Groups in the last raid of the current series on this target. German fighters intercepted the bomber stream while over France on the outward flight; there was a bright moon and 39 Lancasters were shot down, 7Ã"šÃ‚·9 per cent of the force.source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt

61 Squadron (Per Puram Tunantes). Target - Stuttgart, Germany.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Pilot Officer John Wallace Allan Mackie was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapKenora, Ontario
Target
Google MapStuttgart Germany
First Burial
Google MapNiederseebach Communal Cemetery, France
Re-Burial
Google MapCholoy War Cemetery
3 F Joint grave 9-10

Lancaster LM452

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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last update: 2021-09-18 14:32:33

Lancaster Mk.I/III LM452

QRRAF RoundelT
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn (QR-T) Jan 1944. Missing on operation to Stuttgart 28/29 Jul 1944. 366 operational hours.

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