Lucknow, Ontario
10 North Atlantic Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. The crew of Liberator aircraft 589 were engaged in local night flying pratcise when their aircraft crashed then caught fire and sank 150 yards off the north shore of Gander Lake one mile southwest of the runway. W/C. J.M. Young, Flying Officer V.E. Bill, and Leading Aircraftman G. Ward were also killed.
Mackenzie, John Grant (Squadron Leader)
Killed in Action 1943-September-04
Birth Date: 1909-June-03
Born:
Parents: Son of William Lyon MacKenzie and Mary Ann MacKenzie, of Lucknow, Ontario; husband of Alice G. MacKenzie, of Toronto, Ontario.
Spouse: Husband of Alice G. MacKenzie, of Toronto, Ontario.
Home: Lucknow, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
RCAF Stn, Gander Newfoundland
Rank
Squadron Leader
Position
Service Numbers
C/12929
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Liberator 589
Accident Card - Consolidated Liberator Mk. III/V serial:589
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-September-04. Liberator s/n 589.
This accident involved 4 people. Bill VE, Mackenzie JG, Ward G, Young JM
This accident had 4 fatalities. Leading Aircraftman Gordon Ward RCAF Killed in Action service no:R/152186 Liberator 589, Squadron Leader John Grant Mackenzie RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/12929 Liberator 589, Wing Commander John Maitland Young RCAF Killed in Action service no:C/939 Liberator 589, Flying Officer Victor Edward Bill RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/6683 Liberator 589
Unit Desciption
10 (BR) Sqn ()
Battle honours
The Second World War
NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC, 1940-1945.
Lineage
Authorized as No.10 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron’ 1 April 1938.Footnote1
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber) Squadron' 28 August 1939.Footnote2
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.Footnote3
Disbanded 13 August 1945.Footnote4
Notes:
No lineal connection with '10 Experimental Squadron', of 1967-70. See 10 Experimental Squadron.
Operational history
The Second World War
The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.Footnote5
Footnotes
Footnote 1
GO 48/38. Authorized but not formed (AFGO 19/39)
Footnote 2
AFGO 41/39
Footnote 3
AFGO 57/39\
Footnote 4
Secret Organization Order 279, 4 August 1945, file S.17-10-1 (DOE), Kardex 181.009 (D5432)
Footnote 5
AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and Overseas War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file S.8202, Kardex 181.002 (D421); Memorandum, Notes for CAS, Appendix A, 12 September 1939, Document Collection 77/543
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