Mackenzie, Maurice Doherty (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-June-09

Pilot Officer Maurice Doherty Mackenzie RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of Marsden D.Mackenzie and Irene Mackenzie, of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Pictou, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

109 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Primi Hastati The first of the legion

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/15383

Final Burial
Google MapCommunal Cemetery
Grave 6
109 Squadron (Primi Hastati). Wellington Ic aircraft Z 1048 did not return from night operations over enemy territory and crashed in Bierwart, in Belgium. Pilot Officer M.D. Mackenzie, Sgt(s) A. Bentham (RAF), D.M. Brown (RAF), A.R.V. Matthissen (RAF), A.R. Pain (RAF), and Flight Sergeant R. Hunt (RAF) were also killed. . Addendum: - Pilot Officer MacKenzie was 21 years old at the time of death, not 25. Detail provided by D.A. Stallard, Trenton, Nova Scotia.